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Barcelona Nights Out: Photo of the Day – Shoppers and Diners

In contrast to our own home town here in the South of France which practically rolls up the sidewalks on weeknights, you certainly can’t say that about a weeknight in Barcelona!

The photo below was taken on the very busy Passeig de Gracia at night. Note the happy women taking a break on the bench surrounded by all of their shopping bags as other people continue to stream by.
 

Two unidentified women rest on a bench as people walk by at night on the busy shopping district in Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona, Spain.


 
Strolling, laughing, running into friends, people are definitely out an about and not racing to get home and sit behind closed doors.
 

Happy Barcelona, Spain citizens out and about on a week night on Passeig de Gracia


 
And in this photo, people are just beginning to think about going out to dinner and filling up the tables at the very early hour of 8:30 PM.
 

Diners begin to slowly fill the tables of a sidewalk cafe in Barcelona, Spain.


 
We found an upscale ‘toy store’ for grownups called Vincon that carried everything from fabbo art and office supplies to a stunning array of kitchen goods. I had what we called (in Deb and Mark verbal shorthand) ‘a tile store moment’ when there was actually so much in that store that I didn’t know where to look first! I managed to get some shots that weren’t filled with people (and trust me, that was quite difficult), but the store was absolutely packed. At the front entry there were a row of waiting room style chairs for the people who were sitting and patiently waiting for someone else to finish shopping so they could go home.
 

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Barcelona is an amazingly vibrant city and I can’t wait to go back!

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Editorial Content — Editorial Photography

Ah yes — disgruntled readers and/or people with their own ‘agenda’ or perspective that they expect everyone else to bow down to.

I shall not name the woman who sent me the simply vile letter today regarding my printing of photographs that I took at the Autrefois parade, but I would like to make something completely clear for those who do not have any understanding of EDITORIAL content.

I do not publish pictures of people on this website for financial gain UNLESS THEY HAVE MODEL RELEASES. This site is primarily a platform for my commercial work such as travel photography which I do indeed sell through several agencies.

If I was trying to sell photography of families and children for something like limited edition prints — then that would, of course, require a Model Release for every person pictured. I have been a working journalist for several decades, so I am well aware of what is and is not legal.

Editorial Content includes pictures taken at public events such as the Autrefois Le Courserons and the Tour de France coverage a few months ago. Any journalist or photojournalist is allowed to take pictures AT PUBLIC EVENTS as long as they are used for journalistic content including online news coverage, blogs, newspapers, print media, and stock photography that is plainly marked EDITORIAL USE.

Since the letter writer opened the door to this post, I have removed the earlier article so this white-hot-angry woman can calm the hell down — but to whoever is reading this rebuttal and explanation, I shall continue to post articles that include pictures of recognisable faces of people of ALL ages at public events.

This is quite different to ordinary street photography and France happens to have some bizarrely strict rules about shooting photos on the street without written permission. But even here the law is quite plain that if there is a public event and the camera is not singling one person out, informal street photography is acceptable. So yes, I am quite within my rights to publish event photography.

Let me make this very, VERY clear — my website will not be dictated to by the opinions of anyone else! But I certainly will follow the prevailing law of whatever country I live in.

When people attend an event such as the Autrefois Le Couserons, there are dozens of photographs taken each year that end up on websites all over the world. The people who were actually in the parade certainly expected their photos to be taken. The parents who dressed their children in costume and paraded them through the streets of St. Girons did know that photos would be taken by people from all over the region and overseas. I saw at least a half a dozen other journalists on site that day.

Were all of us photographers standing on the street corner, holding up the parade, handing out Model Release forms for everyone to sign and be witnessed? Of course not! It was a public event.

I have no way of knowing who the people in my photos are — adults of all ages, teenagers, elderly folks, parents, and children included — and I have no contact details for them since they were part of a crowd of hundreds of people in a public place. I am not handing out clues to who any of these people are or where they live. And no, photos of children and parents who are in a group setting at a public event are NOT a no-no. If your mind tends to go straight to deviant possibilities, well heaven help you for being in the mindset that regards every adult as a potential threat.

Whoever you are, Ms. K — if you have issues with my website, why are you even bothering to read it? Lighten up!

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