Voyeurism or window shopping?
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Taken with a Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens
With both voyeurism and window shopping you are on the outside,looking in. But, I hope most photography leans more toward window shopping (innocent and fun) than voyeuristic because it has a negative connotation and sounds more like you are exploiting the subject.
I think photography is more interactive than either because of the connection between the photographer and his subject. The subject may not be aware of a voyeur; but the shopkeeper is very aware of the window shopper and has put up his display to attract their attention. Most of the time the photographer is contemplating the subject perhaps like a window shopper contemplates the purchase.
The voyeur is just plain stealing his pleasure...perhaps like a street or PJ photographer would. A wedding/studio photographer would be more like the window shopper. Now what about the nature photographer? A little of both, I think.
Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Philosophy of Photography, Photography
