Taken with my Ricoh GR. My paparazzi buddy Nigel, sitting, waiting, stalking? 1/1500th sec F/4 @ ISO 400. Spring has arrived in Vancouver and my favourite neighbourhoods are filling up with people and noise and life. The nicer weather doesn’t just affect foot-traffic, but more film crews are shutting down streets and attracting spectators, especially the paparazzi. I’ve been bumping into a few of them lately, but my favourite is a fellow by the name of Nigel (here’s a picture of him on my Instagram ). He’s a really nice guy and always willing to talk to me. As I look at him and then look at myself, I wonder what the difference between what he does and what I do, photographically and socially. Are we so different? Are we so similar? This moral conundrum got me thinking about what I do when I shoot on the street. Am I basically a paparazzi who shoots for free? Many of my images I do ask for permission and I often exchange email addresses with the people I meet. In fact, many encounters l
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