ThirstyFish

Why is this other photo more interesting than the one on this page?

The coolest thing about street photography is that you can never be accused of plagiarism. Not even accidental, unintentional and unconscious plagiarism they call kleptomnesia. I guess that is what makes street photography refreshing. In most arts, science and journalism, kleptomnesia is an incessant source of anxiety; Is it really my idea, my words, my music, or did I unknowingly pick it up from somewhere else. Even writing a few words below a photograph is stressful.

Princeton University defines plagiarism as the deliberate use of "someone else's language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source". That's a pretty flexible definition. What is common knowledge? And, how about "unwitting" use?