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The Lady smokes

The Lady smokes

On her break, she lights up a cigarette to relax. Who did she see?

The Magnum Blog has been running for a few weeks. I blogged the original opening of the site ages ago, but it wasn’t ready for prime time and it made it’s debut a short while ago. A few days ago, A faked portrait of my generation explored some of the issues surrounding street photography. A legal case in Quebec in effect made street photography illegal in Canada.
Here in Ireland, photographers do have the right to photograph people, but if the subjects have an expectation of privacy then you’re not allowed photograph them. That could include a couple talking on the street. That’s only the opinion of our Minister For Justice but unfortunately many of my street photos could be on shaky ground if that really was what the law said.

Oh, another photo of this girl tomorrow!

Tags: Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, girl, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Lady-on-her-break, People, Photos, Princes Street, Sigma 10-20, smoking, Street, Urban

Further Reading:

• The Lady Smiles
• Lady on the phone
• Lady in the grass
• Lady at the lights
• The Old Lady of Madrid

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 at 10:40 am and is filed under Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Princes Street, Sigma 10-20, Street, Urban. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

8 Responses to “The Lady smokes”

1. Flickr: emacs1969 Says:
   February 27th, 2007 at 2:19 am

   Nice one - I like the exposure, being just about able to see behind her in the door.

2. Flickr: xeer Says:
   February 27th, 2007 at 2:31 am

   Thanks! It was shot from the hip as we passed. I didn’t have any time to compose it but it was cropped a lot afterwards in the GIMP.

3. Flickr: scribeoflight Says:
   February 27th, 2007 at 12:14 pm

   Nice shot.

4. Flickr: jasondunsmore Says:
   March 1st, 2007 at 2:49 am

   Good shot!

5. Flickr: Aka Kage Says:
   April 1st, 2007 at 9:30 am

   This picture would make a great addition to the Gens du pays group.Cette photo serait parfaite dans le groupe Gens du pays.

6. Flickr: vortex_bits Says:
   June 23rd, 2007 at 2:42 am

   Hi, I’m an admin for a group called The Street Photography Collective, and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.

7. Flickr: jaqian Says:
   September 5th, 2007 at 10:36 am

   Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Irish Street Photography, and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.

8. holysmoke Says:
   January 28th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

   nothing better to relax and chill back to have a smoke after a hard day of work, i can just see how she is feeling through that photo good shot:)

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