POST 12 : Freedom with street photography.

There comes a time when a teenager is in search for freedom. He then vandalizes his own room, put on earphones at shut down the society. Ignores and declines anything that will keep him away from the things a teenager would want. Then a teenager will find a way to express his search for freedom. How far would a person go to fight for a feel of this freedom that everybody wants?

Khrishna Cobb-Bomar

Work has always been a tight space that keeps us away from the outside world. It is sort of a prison but it pays. Then the search for freedom starts, or at least some time away from the stress.  Khrishna Cobb-Bomar is a person who is into photography and he has written an article entitled " The freedom of street photography".


"One day I felt as if the walls within my home were closing in on me and I was itching to shoot something with my camera.  Photography has been an escape from my everyday stresses of life. "
-Khrishna Cobb-Bomar

 She too was in need of freedom from stress and used street photography to help. As street photography redirects attention away from the stress in life, the mind starts to relax and enjoy the scenes that comes.

"The day ended with my mind happily reminiscing about every moment on the street that was caught by the lens of my camera." - Khrisna Cobb-Bomar

She stated this in her post and mentioned that her mind was now happy. Unlike before she left which was stressed.
( http://imagesfrozenintime.blogspot.com/2012/02/freedom-of-street-photography.html )

Khrishna Cobb-Bomar

Now to talk about a different kind of freedom. There are not many careers that involve free will. Being a banker or a taxi driver can sometimes be stressful, and a banker is not allowed inside the vault at anytime for fun, So is the taxi driver not allowed to drive wherever outside the country he is in. There are no laws to prevent street photography, since it is practiced in a public space. In fact an experiment was conducted by 6 photographers in the UK accompanied by another 6 videographers to see how things will turn out. Here is the video:

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In the beginning of the video, it showed points why street photography should not be banned or stopped, in other words, everybody is free to shoot in public areas. here are the points:

•  There are no powers prohibiting the taking of photographs, film or digital images in a public place. Therefore members of the public and press should not be prevented from doing so.
• Unnecessarily restricting photography, whether for the casual tourist or professional is unacceptable and it undermines public confidence in the police service
• Once an image has been recorder, the police have no power to delete or confiscate it without a court order.

During their experiment, all of the 6 photographers were approached by security guards with suspicion of terrorism or simply privacy issued with the building. 3 scenarios included the police, but still there is no law in preventing street photography when in public space.


 Street photography may include stress, but it is only because of the wrong perspective of some people. Street photography is free (not the equipment, sadly) and is permitted by law. It is an outlet, a way to express that a person is free or in need of it. There are no rules in doing street photography for as long as it is done in a public place. If a person is looking for a slice of freedom, street photography may suffice.