Ethical to photograph women in swim suits in public?

[MIkhail]

Your Rights and Remedies When Stopped or Confronted for Photography
http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf

To topic starter:
May I offer another point, as food for thoughts: even if people are fully clothed, under the thin layer of clothes they’re naked!
One can never be too careful...

 

[ChrisPlatt]

I have never, ever been steered wrong by Jonathan Richman:

The Beach by Jonathan Richman

Chris

 

[MrFujicaman]

But what about homeless women in swimsuits at the beach ?

 

[noisycheese]

But what about homeless women in swimsuits at the beach ?

Photograph them twice - once for being homeless, once for wearing swimsuits at the beach.



I don't know why other photographers like to make photos of strangers in public, but I do it purely for one reason: Spite. 😀

 

[DNG]

What will be the "Ethics" topic???

We have at least 1 or 2 a month

Oh... I got one... look for a new topic under "Photography General Interest"

Or just click HERE

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Frankly I find this whole thread rather COMICAL ...
ethics...bathing suits...women...
if this is worrisome while shooting perhaps photography is not a worthwhile endeavour for whoever fears to tread

It's comical in an "America's Funniest Videos" kind of way: some people really just tripping and some of us having a guilty laugh.

 

[dtcls100]

Funny timing of this thread. I happen to be in Turks and Caicos right now and have been taking quite a few pics of the stunning beaches here. Hard to avoid having women (and men and children) in beachwear wander into the frames. No one seems to mind in the slightest, even when I am using a tele lens.

 

[rpsawin]

Is it ethical for a woman to go to the beach in a swim suit knowing she may be photographed?

 

[Dan Daniel]

Is it ethical for a woman to go to the beach in a swim suit knowing she may be photographed?

Ah yes, the old 'she asked for it' line!

We're hitting them all here, folks! Keep 'em coming!! This horse may be dead, but that shouldn't slow us down. Keep beating.

(rpsawin, nothing personal, sir; I saw an opening and I took it for my own purposes only.)

 

[Shafovaloff1]

To Post 126

To Post 126

I don't suppose anyone here has heard of the "id" and the "ego" and how Freud thought that a healthy individual controlled the "id" by adjusting to the social norm -whatever that is. So, the creepyness is adjusted, according to Freud, like a surgeon suppresses his or her sadistic tendencies, by channeling the need into something helpful. (Hopefully.)

When I was younger I was a lifeguard at a beach in Pensacola, Florida. At the same time I was in college and had a job at the local paper. There was almost never a time that I was without my camera. Photography was ejoyable then, taking pictures at the beach included. Pictures of youg ladies in bathing suits, of course. Is there someone here that thinks it wrong to live? Get out more, you may find people like you taking their photograph.

 

[Ranchu]

Is it a reasonable hope for a woman to have that people who might photograph her, instead choose not to, so that she's more comfortable at the beach in a swimsuit?

I think so.

 

[Sparrow]

... well it's beginning to sound like the beach-burka could well be the answer




I was aiming at irony there BTW

 

[Dan Daniel]

... well it's beginning to sound like the beach-burka could well be the answer




I was aiming at irony there BTW

BTDT- http://www.victoriana.com/Etiquette/bathingmachine.htm

 

[Roger Hicks]

. . . When I was younger I was a lifeguard at a beach in Pensacola, Florida. At the same time I was in college and had a job at the local paper. There was almost never a time that I was without my camera. Photography was enjoyable then, taking pictures at the beach included. Pictures of young ladies in bathing suits, of course. Is there someone here that thinks it wrong to live? Get out more, you may find people like you taking their photograph.

Ah, another ex-lifeguard! I did it as a holiday job at the US Naval Station in Bermuda in the late 60s. Good, innit? The best bit was when a couple of parents thought I'd saved the life of their child. If I did, it really wasn't very difficult, and I rather suspect she could have survived without me. But what the hell.

The main reason for quoting your post is the highlight. Exactly!

Cheers,

R.

 

[gns]

...all I can say is "them that smelt it, dealt it."

Indeed.
Funny that we have here so many "Photographers" so accepting of the irrational fear-based assumption that anyone out with a camera in public must be up to no good.

 

[rpsawin]

Ah yes, the old 'she asked for it' line. (rpsawin, nothing personal, sir; I saw an opening and I took it for my own purposes only.)

A man after my own heart. I thought that it could not hurt to chase down one more rabbit hole...lol

 

[bwcolor]

And some women like to pose for such photos. It's called 'being a model.' While looking at images of women in bathing suits photographed without their knowledge or consent for 'a man's' prurient interest has a psychiatric diagnosis of 'being a voyuer.' Or in layman's terms, being a creepy scuz.

They like it even more if they get paid for the modeling.

 

[willie_901]

The pathetic "she asked for it" excuse is irrelevant.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Either the owner or a moderator should take this thread out of its misery. Thanks.

 

[Addy101]

Either the owner or a moderator should take this thread out of its misery. Thanks.

Please elaborate? 😕