@ragingmentalist
Did you just suggest I read that crap. Projecting much?
Your argument was flawed. You said kids are people outside house, so will inevitably be in photos taken in public places and therefore it's wrong to complain about private photos specifically of the children and their lives often taken in private spaces being shared against the parent's wishes on a public forum.
No.
Kids happening to be in the background of photographs, mostly obscured or not identifiable, that may happen, although decent people try to avoid getting kids they don't know in photos of adult life as they understand it is an intrusion and inappropriate.
Kids having their photo taken, with someone specifically focusing in on them to make them the subject of the photo, not only would parent and every other adult nearby intervene, depending on the behaviour of the person the police may well be called. Child abusers are known to take what seems to be innocent images of unknown children in public spaces and then use them for their own purposes. So unless it was Annie Leibovitz, I would tell them to stop and if their behaviour and demeanour concerned me I would call the police and yes the police would follow up. It is illegal to take images of minors and then use them in certain ways, or to collect images of children in a way that gives evidence of untoward motives. It is also illegal if the person is on probation for offences relating to children and has a specific order banning them from taking photographs of children as this is a violation of probation and therefore they are not in prison when they should be.
If "urban life" focuses solely or largely on clear identifiable images of children with photos taken and used without knowledge or consent of parents, it is questionable behaviour and could easily be investigated. I would hope that any photography club would have responsible safeguarding rules for photographs and behaviour in place.
It's not child abductor or abuser paranoia, it is also intrusion, risk to safety revealing a child's whereabouts if the child happens to have difficult adults in their life,
Incredible images of humans, right. Yeah day to day kid playing in park, having lunch, walking down the street, no permission for photos from anyone, those are history shaping photos.
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