"Street photography" often sets out to take pictures
of people on the street. What about these shots?
Not identifiable, so OK?
Two people almost certainly identifiable? Are either of them going to care?
One, maybe two people identifiable. One a young woman. OK? What if it had been a young man? Does the gender (heck, the sexual persuasion) of the photographer matter?
Maybe some who knew one of these people could identify them. It's much, much closer to them than any of the other shots above.
I actually know one of the identifiable people in this photograph. Creepy? If not, why not?
There was definitely at least one person on this boat, I know, because he said hello to me before disappearing. It occurred to me just now – what if he'd been in the wheelhouse and his face was visible?
This is why "taking photos of a person in a public place" is
far too generic a cause for prosecution. There are infinite stops of grey between the apparent black and white of the charge.