Years ago I used to busk on the streets of Sydney , while I was going through uni .
Every so often a tourist would want to take a picture and as I was fulfilling a role as an entertainer I had no problem with that .
Nowadays if a stranger came up to me at work or on the street without a specific reason other than they wanted to take a picture of a doctor or a white person , I'd refuse and think they were insensitive .
If you have no other reason to wanting to take photos outside they are aboriginal I think you are being insensitive .
Having worked in Mt Druitt for 19 years and had numerous long term aboriginal patients and some who I would have classed as friends , I think if they were approached by request they either give you a strange look and say nothing or tell you to f.... off .
If you want to make connections with the aboriginal community , do it , but not because you want to take pictures of them .
If on the other hand you want extra's for a movie $$$$$
Cliff
Every so often a tourist would want to take a picture and as I was fulfilling a role as an entertainer I had no problem with that .
Nowadays if a stranger came up to me at work or on the street without a specific reason other than they wanted to take a picture of a doctor or a white person , I'd refuse and think they were insensitive .
If you have no other reason to wanting to take photos outside they are aboriginal I think you are being insensitive .
Having worked in Mt Druitt for 19 years and had numerous long term aboriginal patients and some who I would have classed as friends , I think if they were approached by request they either give you a strange look and say nothing or tell you to f.... off .
If you want to make connections with the aboriginal community , do it , but not because you want to take pictures of them .
If on the other hand you want extra's for a movie $$$$$
Cliff