The photographs in NoSafeDistance address my interest in photography without permission.

Today we live in a post-privacy world, an image-obsessed society where cameras are everywhere. With or without our knowledge, we are being photographed several times a day. When I shoot these images, I am separated from my subjects by the glass windows of the stores in which they work. Having a camera with a big lens pointed by an unknown person creates a moment of sudden awareness of something unexpected. Reactions are varied.

By cropping and enlarging the faces, which are often distorted by the window's reflections, and by removing the context, there is a certain ambiguity created. The images can reference mug shots, identity cards, missing persons, even paparazzi celebrity captures. More closely they resemble surveillance photos, which is what they really are. They are meant to challenge our expectations of anonymity and privacy.

For more information, email me: photo (at) slbehr.com