I can understand why those primitive desert people think a camera steals their soul. It is unnatural to see yourself from the outside.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are cultures that believe having your photograph taken steals your soul. I don't think there is a stolen soul in a picture, but still - why is it so hard to throw them away?
Looking into the camera creates a special eye and soul contact.
Every time your picture is taken, you lose a part of your soul.
Before the camera, you only had secondhand takes - someone had to tell you what they saw or draw a picture of it or sing a song. Because of the camera, sometimes to our horror, we now know everything that happens in the world - things that before we were sheltered from.
Fortunately, I've never been very conscious and inhibited of what I have to do. The camera's my soul mate.
Photography is, by its nature, exploitative. It's whether you use this process with a sense of responsibility or not. I feel that I do so. My conscience is clear.
I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.
I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that.
If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture?
I really do believe the camera steals the soul. But that may be because I'm worried about my soul. I don't have much of a soul to begin with; I can't afford to lose much.