Who ' s to say there wasn ' t any suggestion from them though or even that he did actually do it and wasn ' t just joking around with someone he knew . If I ran a beauty contest then obviously I wouldn ' t find it acceptable but I would probably have a joke about it to a friend , as guys do . <| sep |> For me I think the key thing with Atget is that there is always a trace or presence of people in the photos . Some ghostly aura that humans inhabit the places he photographed . You can see these traces of people in some finalists at the Brussels Street Photography Festival photos with no people in them . finalists 2016 I don ' t feel that presence with this picture . This feels like strictly landscape to me and I think most people who enjoy street photography would not consider this particular picture as an example of street photography . That ' s why I asked why you consider it street photography . That link you gave is a nice general overview of how Atget ' s work can be seen as street photography but I ' m asking you in particular about this photo in particular . What makes you feel that this photo is street photography and not just urban landscape ? For the record , I don ' t really care either way . I ' m just curious and like talking about this stuff . I also think you will get less grief if you really consider whether your photos belong here or not .