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hiraethified
But she must have seen all those to find the one she dislikes!
"I was disturbed to see one of your pictures...."
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hiraethified
It's mentioned in the feature:
..and..
Hebden has also been described as the 'Sapphic capital of Britain' due to its high lesbian population:Lesbians the toast of the Two Ferrets
In 2005 Hebden Bridge topped The Independent's list of towns 'with the most individuality,' with a report in the New Economics Foundation singling out the town as the best in the country for "retaining the individual character of its shops and remaining free of the stultifying influence of the global and national chains".
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
Qu'est ce que tu fais? Les Maisons de Paris avecs les fenetres cassé?
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
It's hit number four in a Google of 'B---n Street Hebden'....so actually pretty fucking likely that prospective buyers would see it!
It's hit number four in a Google of 'Br---n Street Hebden'....so actually pretty fucking likely that prospective buyers would see it!
O RLY?(sic)
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
It's hit number four in a Google of 'B---n Street Hebden'....so actually pretty fucking likely that prospective buyers would see it!
So the person complaining might not have seen the other pictures yet.
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
No sorry - not in Google images - it's the link to the whole set of photos on a general google search.
Yes ed, I agree, but I can well imagine someone living on the street worrying about the impact it might have on a proposed sale, or on their house value, iykwim.
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Some people totally will be out off by something like that! Considering neighbours get the hump with each other for relatively minor stuff (not mowing the lawn often enough, leaving wheelie bins out for one minute past collection day etc etc) a broken window is quite major in comparison.
Maybe the bloke emailing you is trying to sell his house at the moment? Maybe he is just a moaning Victor Meldrew, I dunno, but the fact is he found those pictures!
Christ's sake, don't be fucking thick.
aside from all the reasons why the editor is 150% within his rights to photograph & publish an image like this in the context that he has done, who the fuck would know it's your house? probably about 5 people FFS.
The internet's downside is the wildly exagerated sense of self importance people get themselves from it. (as in busy body neighbour who complained)
Who gives a fuck!
I've highlighted the indisputable part of your post. The rest is down to speculation and the vagaries of the individual.
A window in the flat above mine is broken.
Apart from idly wondering why it hasn't been fixed yet - the flat is occupied, but the window's been that way for about six months - I really couldn't give a toss.
it was a woman according to the Editor....
Editor said:
he even said it twice to get the message across.
Tough. They need to get over it.
It's fortunately nothing to do with them if the picture is taken from a public right of way and displayed in this context. Nothing.
editor
hiraethified
If they're that bothered, perhaps they should have just fixed the window in the first place? Either way, it's not my problem. I'm a photographer and I'll be buggered if people expect me to delete documentary images based on whether it makes their street look nice or not.Yes ed, I agree, but I can well imagine someone living on the street worrying about the impact it might have on a proposed sale, or on their house value, iykwim.
Besides, there's no house number on the image. There could be several houses with a street name attached for all I know.
Oh well. Fuck 'em. If someone is 'put off' buying a house because one (unspecified) house in the street once had a broken window, it's not my problem. I photograph what I see - and that's probably more honest and revealing to someone thinking of moving into the area than some airbrushed sanitised version of the town.
In fact, prospective buyers should be thanking me for offering them a free and unbiased preview of the place
We should still be considerate towards others though, shouldn't we? The human touch. If you received a polite email from the owner, would you take the offending photo down?
About the fact that I don't? Just me, I suppose.who gives a fuck...
Thought I'd share, nevertheless.
nonetheless...otherwise you wouldn't have bothered even sharing even even....butcha did... thanks. : el guff_smiley:
obanite
Kroketten
I wouldn't.
It's not even their house. What if they'd emailed about a broken window in a street on the other side of town? Should we still 'be considerate' towards them?
I generally do try to be considerate, but some people are just too sensitive and need to grow thicker skins.
editor
hiraethified
But it's only 'offensive' to the delicate eyes of this one neighbour who apparently doesn't like reality being portrayed on the web.
There's no way on earth am I going to start taking photos down on such ridiculous and trivial grounds.
Let's assume for current purposes that it's your mum's.
You've already made your case. I have some sympathy with it. I'm interested in what everyone else thinks - or, rather, why they think it.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonetheless
editor
hiraethified
Your mum's.
free spirit
more tea vicar?
actually I can see why the person might be upset - if you type in the name of the street and location into google, your photo montage is on the front page (as is this thread now)
ah bugger, shoe's made that point.
might it be possible to just remove the name os the street from the text on the web page so the photo would still be in the montage, but it'd not appear so high up in any web search for the street name?
can't see how that would be affecting the artistic integrity of the piece at all, but should placate the person complaining.
slight problem that this thread's now up on the first page as well, but hey ho at least you'd made an effort to acomodate them.
editor
hiraethified
Absolutely.
The notion of editing/censoring a picture on the grounds of a neighbour not liking the look of it or a (frankly bizarre) suggestion that it might somehow knock a few quid off the selling price of another house is patently ridiculous.
I only captured what anyone walking by would see.
*edit: I've taken the actual street name out of this thread
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