{"id":349338,"date":"2026-01-03T04:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349338\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T04:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:24:24","slug":"the-watching-menace-crowds-voyeurism-and-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349338\/","title":{"rendered":"The Watching Menace: Crowds, Voyeurism and Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-480765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-5.jpg\" alt=\"crowd\" width=\"1049\" height=\"1028\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flashbackshop.com\/collections\/all-t-shirts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/t-shirt-ads-sep25.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re in the <a href=\"https:\/\/flashbak.com\/tag\/crowds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">crowd<\/a> and watching in his album of <a href=\"https:\/\/flashbak.com\/category\/found-photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found photos<\/a> from collector <a href=\"https:\/\/flashbak.com\/tag\/robert-e-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert E. Jackson\u2019s<\/a> archive.<\/p>\n<p>Did you push yourself into the heart of the crowd, get in with the \u2018in crowd\u2019, and did run with in the mob? Come, let\u2019s gather round and crane our necks, see what everyone else is looking at\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-16-1200x1473.jpg\" alt=\"crowds\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1473\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m in with the \u201cin\u201d crowd<br \/>I go where the \u201cin\u201d crowd goes<br \/>I\u2019m in with the \u201cin\u201d crowd<br \/>And I know what the \u201cin\u201d crowd knows<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The \u2018In\u2019 Crowd by\u00a0Bryan Ferry<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-15-1200x960.jpg\" alt=\"crowds\" width=\"1200\" height=\"960\"  \/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-14-1200x984.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"984\"  \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flashbackshop.com\/collections\/christmas-cards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/newsletter-advert.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2015 Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-13-1200x959.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"959\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>beware those who seek constant crowds for<br \/>they are nothing alone<br \/>beware the average man the average woman<br \/>beware their love, their love is average<br \/>seeks average<\/p>\n<p> \u2013 Charles Bukowski, The Genius Of The Crowd<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-12-1200x946.jpg\" alt=\"crowds\" width=\"1200\" height=\"946\"  \/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-11-1200x972.jpg\" alt=\"crowd\" width=\"1200\" height=\"972\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re a rotten crowd\u2019, I shouted across the lawn. \u2018You\u2019re worth the whole damn bunch put together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2015 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1082\" height=\"1482\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can keep your head when all about you<br \/>Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,<br \/>If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,<br \/>But make allowance for their doubting too\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Rudyard Kipling, If<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-7-1200x761.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"761\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI wanna live like common people<br \/>I wanna do whatever common people do<br \/>Wanna sleep with common people<br \/>I wanna sleep with common people like you\u201d<br \/>Well,\u200b what else could I do?<br \/>I said \u201cI\u2019ll, I\u2019ll see what I can do\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Pulp, Common People<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-6-1200x906.jpg\" alt=\"crowd\" width=\"1200\" height=\"906\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When I come home at night<br \/>I bolt the door real tight<br \/>People call me on the phone, I\u2019m trying to avoid<br \/>But can the people on TV see me, or am I just paranoid?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Rockwell, Somebody\u2019s Watching Me<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-4-1200x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"762\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flashbackshop.com\/collections\/all-t-shirts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/In-Post-ad-3.png\" alt=\"t-shirts\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-3.jpg\" alt=\"crowd\" width=\"956\" height=\"1248\"  \/><br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-2-1200x809.jpg\" alt=\"crowd\" width=\"1200\" height=\"809\"  \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flashbackshop.com\/collections\/all-t-shirts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/In-Post-ad-3.png\" alt=\"t-shirts\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2015 Albert Camus, The Stranger<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-1-1200x459.jpg\" alt=\"crowds\" width=\"1200\" height=\"459\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-480770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/snapshots-crowds-10-1200x762.jpg\" alt=\"crowd\" width=\"1200\" height=\"762\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flashbackshop.com\/collections\/all-t-shirts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/In-Post-ad-3.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve lots more from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flashbak.com\/tag\/robert-e-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert E. Jackson<\/a>\u00a0on the site. And you can follow him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/robert_e._jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more great stuff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flashbackshop.com\/collections\/all-t-shirts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-in-post-ad.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 We\u2019re in the crowd and watching in his album of found photos from collector Robert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-349338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}