PARTY PHOTOGS: DON'T COME TO PRIVATE PARTIES. IF PEOPLE IN CHICAGO WANT THEIR PICTURES TAKEN BY STRANGERS THEY'LL GO TO DEBONAIR THE SOCIAL CLUB OR THE EVIL OLIVES OR CROBAR OR SOMETHING. EXISTING IN A SPACE IS DIFFERENT FROM EXPERIENCING OR INTERACTING WITHIN THAT SPACE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY DOESN'T GIVE YOU SOCIAL IMMUNITY. IF YOU RUN SOME KIND OF BLOG THAT SHOWS PICTURES FROM ALL THE COOL PARTIES YOU GO TO WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW AND THE PEOPLE EVENTUALLY FEEL AS THOUGH YOU'RE A MANIPULATIVE ASSHOLE BENT ON EQUATING YOUR DEPICTION OF OTHER HUMANS WITH THEIR APPROVAL OF YOU, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY EVENTUALLY TIRE OF YOUR INTRUSIVE ACTIONS AND SHOW DISAPPROVAL. I GO TO PRIVATE PARTIES BECAUSE I WANT JUST THAT- PRIVACY. YOUR INVITATION TO A PRIVATE PARTY IS NOT AN INVITATION TO TREAT IT AS A PUBLIC SPACE- YOU ARE INVITED AS A PERSON ALONE, NOT A PERSON WHO'S PAID TO PHOTOGRAPH.
PARTY PHOTOGS: NOT EVERY SKATE SESSION NEEDS A FILMER. NOT EVERY PARTY NEEDS A PHOTOGRAPHER. I'M HAPPY WITH MY MEMORIES. I'M HAPPY WITH PEOPLE I KNOW TAKING MY PICTURE. I'M JUST AS HAPPY WITH STORIES AS I AM WITH PICTURES. I DON'T NEED STRANGERS TO TELL ME HOW MY NIGHT WAS. LEAVE ME ALONE.
Monday, September 22, 2008
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