Out of bounds and not ethical

[Ko.Fe.]

Is street photography not a form of social documentary -- incapable of raising awareness? I'm thinking more of the kind of work that Winogrand did. I agree that too many self-proclaimed street photographers see the homeless and disabled as low hanging fruit, and their pictures amount to nothing special. They're all over Flickr.

You described exactly how I feel about those on Flickr who are doing this. It doesn't looks like documentary in 99.99 %. Zero story, just snapshot from the hip, waist level.

I'm thinking more of this book of HCB and another photographer, Evans? I have terribly short memory for names, book they did about USA in great depression time.
I took this book twice to read and look at photographs. This visually impaired person portrait with some hand written note on his hat...

 

[benjiboy]

You described exactly how I feel about those on Flickr who are doing this. It doesn't looks like documentary in 99.99 %. Zero story, just snapshot from the hip, waist level.

I'm thinking more of this book of HCB and another photographer, Evans? I have terribly short memory for names, book they did about USA in great depression time.
I took this book twice to read and look at photographs. This visually impaired person portrait with some hand written note on his hat...[/QUOTE

Do you mean Walker Evans ?

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Yes, thank you!