This is actually discussed in the article, which states that the raising awareness effect of zoos is very very small compared to its entertainment effect on individuals.
offering // Minolta SRT-101 55/1.8 MD Rokkor | Portra 800
Image description: a bowl of incense sticks sits on a table facing the sea outside of Pulau Ubin
Thank you! 🙇♀️ this is the vegan ramen store at Team Star Lab in Kyoto!
ramen // Minolta SRT-101 55/1.8 MD | Superia 400
Image description: a silhouetted figure queues up at a ramen outlet bathed in warm light
I actually do and that’s why I’m a bad street photographer hahaha. Nowadays I do try to ask for the quickest consent by waiting before I click the shutter and making sure the subject sees me (and maybe making hand gestures like pointing at the camera and then doing a thumbs up)—some will see and go on their day, some will pose, and some will protest, at which point I stop and apologise. I know by doing this I lose the “spontaneity” of street photography that street photographers love so much. I also have friends who are more of “shoot first and ask for consent later”. Otherwise most street photographers I know personally or read about do seem to feel like they can take strangers’ photos with no qualms.
I can’t take the article seriously when I read the sentence suggesting there are rural areas in Singapore. This is a highly developed highly urbanised island, and even its green spaces are highly manufactured and planned and require a lot of resources to create and maintain (ie fresh water, soil, fertiliser, plastic etc) vs just leaving and preserving whatever little nature we have left alone.
construction // Minolta SRT-101 55/1.8 MD Rokkor | Sora 200
Image description: an orange crane platform stands in front of a building called The Working Capitol while a tall residential skyscraper Pinnacle@Duxton looms in the background
cafe // Minolta SRT-101 | 55/1.8 Rokkor MD | Fujifilm Superia 400
Image description: a glimpse through the windows of a Kyoto Starbucks—at the center of the frame is an old man reading a book.
Thank you so much for your kind words 🥹🙇♀️
orange // Minolta SRT-101 | 55 1.8 MD Rokkor | Fujifilm Superia
Image description: close up of oranges amongst green leaves in the Imperial Palace, Kyoto
stairway to // Minolta SRT-101 | 70-150mm 1:4 MD | Portra 800
Image description: a photo of a stairway corridor bisected by a handlebar bathed in morning sunlight
waiting // Minolta SRT-101 55/1.8 Rokkor MD Kodak Gold 200
Image description: an old man sits under the shelter of Buddha Tooth Relic
train // Minolta SRT-101 | Tokina 90mm 2.5 Macro | Portra 800
Image description: an SMRT train stops beside the green Buona Vista MRT station in Singapore with an overcast sky as background
cozy sunrise // Minolta SRT-101 35-70mm 1:3.5 MD with Portra 800
Image description: a living room consisting of a sofa and coffee table in front of a blue-curtained window bathed in golden light that also contours the outlines of the furniture