I'm not afraid of anything, but it's getting harder to do street photography.
I have recently avoided taking street photography for several reasons, but the main one is insecurity, and it's not because I'm afraid of being robbed, it's really because you don't know who you're taking a picture of.
Since the current president took office, almost 50 journalists have lost their lives, and so far in the year 2022 there are 7 journalists murdered, and it doesn't look like the numbers are going to stop there.
So although street photography is one of my favorite activities, I have to be more careful when I do it, like yesterday I was walking near the river, the heat was unbearable but it was a good time to take these pictures, the truth is that I was looking for the crocodiles in the city but I couldn't find them.
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where do you live?
sad to read this.
I live in Nayarit Mexico, in this blog there is a more detailed record, I hope it can be translated to other languages.
https://articulo19.org/periodistasasesinados/
What.. that is insane that journalists are being targetted like that, and for such a little petty thing like street photography.
A few months ago I had a dangerous encounter, they pointed a gun at me because I was taking pictures, the problem is that with the current crime it is very difficult to know where they safe houses, narco labs, and drug sales points are, luckily it didn't go beyond a scare and I quickly left the place, but it did make me think about how fast I can lose my life in Mexico.
I can't imagine living in a place like that, is there anything happening to reduce this?
Well it is a social problem, corruption is worse than ever since the current president took office, his motto is hugs not bullets, so crime has grown more than ever, although well, among the people who still follow him they don't even see these problems, but there are definitely places I don't go anymore, I don't say the places for safety.
Stay safe, but yah...things are not easy in your part of the world either.
When people come to Mexico on vacation, they don't realize the dangers that may exist. We always know the beautiful side of the country because of its tourist areas, but in the cities it is very different.
Yah, the grass is always greener on the other side. You gotta watch your steps but with tourist it is always different. When I moved to the states for a while the chief of the city gave us instructions on where to go and where not. What colors to wear or not. You could have the prettiest house and all fine, the next house walk by and you're dead.
Yes, I know that part of life, a couple of years ago the situation was very different, I remember that in this city you could walk quietly even at night, but in recent years violence and drug addiction have increased too much, it is sad to see the decline of the city.
Understandable, it seems like a lot of places are declining. Times are hard and not easy, for 90% of the worlds population. It is hard to not give up on the hope that things will get better. But we gotta try for our own, to make it better. Sighhhhhh...humans. We are so different lol.
I hope!