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What is missing from photography

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It has been bugging me for a while now, there is just something that is missing from photography. From my personal work to the majority of photographers out there. I’m talking about the photos on your feeds, be it personal to commercial. It has been bugging me and I finally found out what it is, what is missing from photography, is stories.

A disclaimer, I’m not talking about photojournalism, or anything relating to the Pulitzer Prize. Those are photos with real stories that are important and need to be shared and told to the world. The photography I’m talking about is the personal, the creative, the artistic, the majority, the mainstream.

Is it okay for street photographers to take photos of private messages?

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This week Business Insider ran a story that covered images taken by a street photographer, of people’s private phone messages. That photographer was the highly respected Jeff Mermelstein, someone who has a long list of celebrated work. Whilst all images were taken in public places, they do contain a level information that the subjects may not want the world to know about. Whilst no law has been broken, it could be argued that this is a lack of respect for a person’s privacy, raising the question – is it okay to photograph people’s private messages?

Beer Coasters Photos Hiding A Message Against Violence

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Japan is considered to be one of the safest countries in the world, but as many other countries, domestic violence is becoming a concern.

The Yaocho bar group in Tokyo started a campaign to address the concern and they server beer on special kind of coasters. The coasters feature a portrait of a Japanese woman, but after it touches a cold beer glass (or any other cold glass for that matter) the portrait shows the same woman after being abused.

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