The “GAZE”. This is an important aspect of the photographic toolbox and in the current climate is something that you need to have a handle on. The “gaze”. One has to consider the practice and what you are conveying. Years past it may have been just seen as the male gaze, but now there are so many more “looks” to think about. There are the lesbian, the feminist the gay, and many others that want to have a gaze.
I feel that much has been created with activists fighting for this right or the other, and possibly it has detracted from the practitioner being able to create work without it being derided by some group as it portrays something wrong. There are many that have fallen foul to the gaze of others. Sally Mann is a perfect example. Innocent pictures caught in the view of others.
I feel that the tide has turned for honesty about work. No male can do a piece on feminism no mater the amount of research or a white person can’t explore race. These facts become so clear when the feminists or the people of colour claim the space as their own.
