anonymised
taking candid photos of people in the age of cctv, smartphones and the internet is a very different thing to before. with the outreach of media today, if you are out in public it is never theoretically impossible for your face to be seen far across the internet. what's more, there has never been such a greater abundance of cameras. the ethics of capturing someone without their consent is one that is broken all the time. we are rarely allowed to be anonymised.
these photos attempt to find a respectable balance in this question, avoiding identifiable features whilst still capturing people in their essence. as someone who prefers to stick to the sides, for me there is a real beauty in watching people lost in the moment. asking someone if you can take their photo can disrupt this.
a lot of the time, when you're not trying, people look really cool. this series is my evidence for that.
photos from 2016 - 2024
featured in f-stop magazine Issue #119: https://www.fstopmagazine.com/groupexhibition.html#gallery-291
