an unseen, common eye

No destination, we just like what we see.

Genteperstrada is an archive of walks: ordinary streets, everyday faces, and glimpses of the people who live in those places.

At its core lies a decolonial vision of a photographic imagination that is purely artistic, hermetic, inaccessible and dominant.

Everything is visible: the difference lies in what one chooses to look at.

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Every frame tells a silent story of the streets.

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you probably have some questions:

The identity of the photographer(s) is irrelevant: we consider the underlying political intention to be more noteworthy – So we’d like to guide you through the intersections of what you see.

Mostly because we can't. Most people in this archive are strangers, met once on a street and never again. But the question underneath is really about consent, and on that we don't have a clean answer. Street photography has been arguing about it for as long as it's existed. What we do have is a practice: if you're in a photo and want to talk about it, we talk. If you'd rather it came down, it comes down. We'd be lying if we said we never feel the tension between wanting to show something beautiful and knowing that beauty isn't ours alone to share.

There's also a political dimension: a lot of what ends up here happens in spaces and moments where being identifiable carries real risks. We're not interested in exposing anyone. 1312.

Ask first.
The answer is usually yes, especially for non-commercial or political use - we're not particularly precious about it. What we do ask is that the context feels right: we'd rather a photo end up in a student zine than in a tourism campaign.

(and tag the page)

Because Instagram's memory is about three weeks long, it compresses our freedom with AI and makes the photography a product. There are bunches of other reason not to be only on that social media, but here we are: just an entreè there. A site isn't the best medium possible, but we try our best.

No - though a lot of people find us (or meet us!) through that work. Demonstrations are one kind of street, but so is a Tuesday afternoon in a neighbourhood where nothing is happening.
We try not to to fetishise the streets we walk through - not a great fan of making other's lives a product.

We don't know and we're not sure it matters. We're just trying to keep our eyes open.

Short answer: Yes.

We study and keep track of the legal framework governing image rights, the right to report news and related matters in the country where I take photographs, to ensure that there is no harm caused to the subjects portrayed, in full compliance with the law.
We remain, however, open to discussion should any issues arise – we are people first, more than legal proceedings.