Ethics of photographing locals...



The tourist trap!  

You're in a new and exotic place meeting people who live very differently than you.  The moment is intriguing and full of wonderment.  Cool to take pictures?  What's our why behind all the snapshots? What does getting informed consent to photograph children really look like?

For an insightful article, go here for the whys and whatfors of photographing others while traveling.

For a comical look at the same topic, catch the first two minutes of Despicable Me 2, here (or click on scene above).  Watch for the bus blowing over a local, the intrusive tourist horde and the seeing-only-thru-the-lens crowd.