One issue that has greatly occupied photographers in recent years is the difficulty of taking photographs of people on the street, and even more so the difficulty of using these photographs in an exhibition or publication. Indeed, there were years when people did not react when someone raised their camera; many times, they were flattered. We have many photographers who based their work on what was perhaps misnamed but came to be known as "street photography." Today, things have changed. People are tired of the many cameras around them, of all the mobile phones being raised, of the millions of photos uploaded unchecked on the internet, of police cameras monitoring them wherever they are, of TV cameras, of the violation of their private life and space. Therefore, they have every right to be upset and to react when someone lifts the camera to take their picture. On the other hand, today's fundamental principle is the respect for the individuality of each person, their privacy, and their personal space, regardless of what each does with it. In my opinion, we must respect this private space, not like before when we used to say I raised the camera to take a picture, I did nothing wrong, I did not offend them, did not expose them, did not make them look bad. I believe each person has the right not to want to be photographed because it constitutes a violation of their private space. The fact that someone is moving on the street does not make them a public figure, the fact that someone is there with a camera does not give them the security of their private space, they do not know what will happen with that photo and they may simply not want, regardless of any offense to their personality, to expose their face on the internet, in an exhibition, or in a book. I say this beyond any fear of legal complications, even if we are not in countries where lawsuits thrive, nevertheless out of respect for the individuality and personality of each person I do not think we should lift the camera without respecting the other person's space. How is this done? It is not necessary to have anyone sign a form or permission. There is a way, often silent, often with a look, to obtain the consent of the person being photographed and I think if someone truly looks at the work of great photographers, whether called Davidson or Kertesz, even in those times rarely was a photograph truly "stolen," and most often there was silent consent from the person being photographed.