Is street photography creepy?

[Kerbouchard]

Bruce Gilden allowing people to walk up to him, and then blasting them with a hand-held-flash connected to a Leica with a pigtail cord...meanwhile the Leica is synching flash at 1/80 second and over-exposing the backgrounds...him bellowing, "What!! I HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY HERE!", him barking at people, "No smile! No smile!"

GUY'S CLEARLY A JUICEBAG. His images serve no greater purpose than to show odd-looking people in a bad light, both literally, and figuratively. Dorothea Lange's most famous Depression-era images were commissioned work designed to document the realities of the Great Depression, and were handled sensitively, and were shot by a compassionate, caring,empathetic, and almost timid photographer. Gilden on the other hand is the epitome of a brash, aggressive, cocky, smug prick, yelling at people on the street, and being rebuffed on the street by people who tell him, "No picture! No picture!" and yet like an A-hole, he goes ahead and blasts them with a flash and his pre-focused 21mm lens...sorry Joel, but comparing Lange's work to that of Gilden is ridiculous. Simply ridiculous. Gilden is making an ass out of himself, looking for "characters". The work is abut HIM, whereas Lange's government-sponsored work was about the subjects and their real plight, and about the impacts of the Great Depression. Gilden is looking for "characters"...weirdos, foreigners,the handicapped, the guy's a POS in my book...

...and a creep.

 

[gsgary]

Ted Bundy was also "a real nice guy".

Ted Bundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I know who Ted Bundy is, there is nothing wrong with the way Bruce gilden shoots everyone has different styles and his style rocks it's no good for *****'s to try and shoot like he does

Tbh, I think the streets are a worse place with Bruce Gilden in it, he's not even brave or creative, just rude, intimidating and predatory to the vulnerable in society (& I'm sure he's much worse when the camera isn't on him).
The guy obviously has emotional/rejection issues and so just forces him self on innocent members of the public like some kind of photo rapist on a power trip.

Bull**** you don't know what you are talking about

 

[gsgary]

Bruce Gilden allowing people to walk up to him, and then blasting them with a hand-held-flash connected to a Leica with a pigtail cord...meanwhile the Leica is synching flash at 1/80 second and over-exposing the backgrounds...him bellowing, "What!! I HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY HERE!", him barking at people, "No smile! No smile!"

GUY'S CLEARLY A JUICEBAG. His images serve no greater purpose than to show odd-looking people in a bad light, both literally, and figuratively. Dorothea Lange's most famous Depression-era images were commissioned work designed to document the realities of the Great Depression, and were handled sensitively, and were shot by a compassionate, caring,empathetic, and almost timid photographer. Gilden on the other hand is the epitome of a brash, aggressive, cocky, smug prick, yelling at people on the street, and being rebuffed on the street by people who tell him, "No picture! No picture!" and yet like an A-hole, he goes ahead and blasts them with a flash and his pre-focused 21mm lens...sorry Joel, but comparing Lange's work to that of Gilden is ridiculous. Simply ridiculous. Gilden is making an ass out of himself, looking for "characters". The work is abut HIM, whereas Lange's government-sponsored work was about the subjects and their real plight, and about the impacts of the Great Depression. Gilden is looking for "characters"...weirdos, foreigners,the handicapped, the guy's a POS in my book...

He's cool

 

[usayit]

I guess these folks should have been ashamed of themselves for shooting:
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Dorothea Lange Great Depression Photography Women Photographers
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Shoot well, Joe

Read the story behind the photo. Its a different time, circumstance, intention and approach. In particular the recent interview of one of the two children hiding their faces in that photo. It wasn't gorilla/ambush style of photography that Bruce Gilden was depicted in the video. I like some of his other work but not this. I prefer street photos that showcase people's lives and stories.... not one that showcases the photographer disrupting people's daily lives.

Street photogs like discreet cameras because its their hope not to "taint" the scene with their presence. Bruce's approach is the antithesis of that approach and reduces the whole point to paparazzi levels.



PS> Bruce is a big guy.... if it were me... doing that.. I'd get my rear end kicked. Of the famed Magnum Photographers, he's probably one of my least favorite.

 

[Kerbouchard]

I hope you told him to piss off and mind his own buisiness because he was talking bull**** most of the best photographers shot on the streets CHB,Brant the list is endless
This should help

A-holes like Bruce Gilden are what give street photography a bad name.This guy is reprehensible. He is the absolute antithesis of good taste. I have seen this video multiple times.This guy is the kind of shooter who earns the name "juicebag".

Sorry but he is one of the best street shooter going, i met him in Derby UK last year a he is a real nice guy

If this is what some of you consider 'good' street photography and an example of someone not being a creep, it's no wonder we seem to disagree.

IMO, nothing more than a rude, creepy guy taking snapshots.

 

[gsgary]

A-holes like Bruce Gilden are what give street photography a bad name.This guy is reprehensible. He is the absolute antithesis of good taste. I have seen this video multiple times.This guy is the kind of shooter who earns the name "juicebag".

Sorry but he is one of the best street shooter going, i met him in Derby UK last year a he is a real nice guy

If this is what some of you consider 'good' street photography and an example of someone not being a creep, it's no wonder we seem to disagree.

IMO, nothing more than a rude, creepy guy taking snapshots.

it's more creepy shooting street with a long lens

 

[Stryker]

If Bruce Guilden does that on the streets of Manila, he'll get stabbed and have his guts all over the pavement, and his Leica shattered. An arrogant SOB. He doesn't take photos of people. He attacks them with a flash of light.

 

[Stryker]

If Bruce Guilden do that in the streets of Manila, he'll get stabbed and have his guts all over the pavement, and his Leica shattered.  An arrogant SOB.

 

[e.rose]

Is street photography creepy?

No. :sillysmi:

 

[tevo]

YES.


Although shooting JuniorVarsity cheer is worse - I feel like a pedophile (THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THEY ARE 12 YEARS OLD )

 

[mangtarn]

YES.


Although shooting JuniorVarsity cheer is worse - I feel like a pedophile (THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THEY ARE 12 YEARS OLD )

how do you think i felt when i was asked by a friend to shoot a girl's soccer final? all the soccer moms were staring at me like i was some kind of alien...

maybe they are interested :lmao: all i need is some money to pay for my tuition

 

[mangtarn]

there is a street thread http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photo-themes/169495-capture-stranger-street-style.html

i took a look at some of those, they might be deemed creepy, but some of those are not creepy at all and give off a quite friendly vibe to them.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

For some reason I felt like the odd one out here by saying that I go and take street photos until now.. It would be fun to follow Diane Arbus around for a day and see how she approached people.

Yes it would. She was one of the best.

 

[usayit]

Begs to question.....

Which causes more reaction from the subjects?

A female street photog

or

A male street photog



More now.... than in previous decades?

 

[Leslie101]

Street Photography is an art and one of the most difficult venues of photography. Look at national geographic. All of those images are so beautiful, however to capture these images the photographer is basically intruding on someones space, and in some cases documenting one of the worst moments in there lives. While it can be uncomfortable for the photographer, you must have a bit of an aggressive side to truly be a photo journalistic photographer. That being said it should always be done with taste and compassion for your subject.