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Man took four photos of my son

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fuckoffphotoman · 17/02/2026 15:11

DS1 (just turned 13) went into town with his brother. DS is 13 but very young looking. You'd think he was 9/10 to look at him. This is the first time they have done this without me or their Dad being with them. When DS got back he looked a bit disturbed and bothered. He said he was sitting on a bench when a man with a large camera had taken four photos of him. I asked how far the man was from him when he did this. He showed me and it was pretty close, not in your face but close enough to be obvious and feel intrusive. He said the man never asked permission or explained what he was doing, and just walked off after taking the photos.

What would you make of this?

OP posts:
canuckup · 06/07/2026 21:33

Street photography? Wtf.

Your son needs to learn to ask people what the fuck they're playing at

NovemberMorn · 07/07/2026 12:38

canuckup · 06/07/2026 21:33

Street photography? Wtf.

Your son needs to learn to ask people what the fuck they're playing at

Perhaps if society as a whole were more aware of what's going on around them, an actual ADULT could have asked him.
Sadly, from what I see, the majority of adults are so busy looking at their mobile phones, they are totally unaware of anything that's going on around them....including a distressed kid being bothered by a fully grown creep with a camera.

NeededANameChangeAnyway · 07/07/2026 19:51

NovemberMorn · 06/07/2026 15:41

Was it someone you knew or a stranger?
I find it hard to believe people could be so cruel as to take someone's photo just in order to put it online for people to ridicule.

Nope, just a random person. Maybe I was just accidentally in the way of whatever they were photographing but you know when you have a feeling about a certain situation.....

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