Sophie Calle is a French photographer along with being a writer, installation artist and conceptual artist. Her work is based on random projects and follows the French literary movement called Oulipo. Her work focuses on human exposure and studying the identity and relationship of people. One of her well known projects called 'Please Follow Me' was set to follow strangers on streets and examine their personal lives by taking photographs of her them until the subject entered a private building.
There are many view points on Susan Calle's actions. Some may say that this is not art, but just simply a form of stalking a stranger on a street. I do agree to some extent that this is a form of stalking. However I do find this project to be very brave. I admire Calle's courage to follow a complete stranger for a certain amount of time. The thought of myself following someone like that makes me feel on edge that the person would notice.
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