In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.
In all the photos, taken by New York City artist Arne Svenson from his second-floor apartment, the faces are obscured or not shown. The people are unidentifiable.
But the residents of a glass-walled luxury residential building across the street had no idea they were being photographed and never consented to being subjects for the works of art that are now on display – and for sale – in a Manhattan gallery.
I – Word Understanding
On all fours – on hands and knees
Posterior – back side
Obscured – covered
Consent – to agree to do something; to allow something to happen or be done
II – Have your say
1.Sudare (screen or blinds) is used in Japan to protect the inhabitants of a house not only from the elements (sunlight, rain, insects, etc) but also from the eyes of outsiders.
2.In December 2009, Queen Elizabeth II, issued a strong warning to newspapers not to publish paparazzi pictures of their family during their private activities.
3.While technology is rapidly growing, controversy about our privacy rights has also cultivated. Are the advantages of technology worth the possibility of the deprivation of our right to privacy?
