What I see from this is that none of the b@stards did enough time.

I'm assuming all from around the same area too.

All those houses look like the neighborhoods around here on Long Island. When you look up the people on the website, you never think they are living THAT good.

Yes they do. All NY plates too and the weather is the same so he wasn't traveling far as they all had to be taken around the same time.

Haha, there was a SCHOOL bus outside of one!

That made me laugh.

Is this...supposed to be art? Is it evocative without the explanation? No. Is it sensationalism? Yes. Is it as bad as all the other sex offender hysteria? Yes. Is it stupid? Definitely. Could be any random bad real estate photography.

I totally disagree. The houses look to me rather unspectacular. And "normal." We would like to think that our neighbors aren't involved in such things, but they might be. We can't judge anyone by their appearance let alone by their house. But the intent of this is not inspire hysteria. Not at all. It's to express mystification. It's to say "I wish we could tell from the outside what a pedophile looks like, but we can't." There is no clue in the way a house is decorated or built. Or how a person acts.

Interestingly, if the houses were of trailer parks and shacks in the woods, would we think those more fitting?

The title is "love thy neighbor" which is intentionally ambiguous. We should struggle with how to interpret it. Do we love all our neighbors despite knowing that possibly one of them has dark secrets? Love thy neighbor is clearly a biblical reference...so to complete the thought, the title would be "Love thy neighbor as thyself" The implication is that we have just as many dirty secrets as our neighbors, but how often do admit it? How often do we give in to the hysteria. In my mind, this is echoing the song by Sufjan Stevens...

The first picture was pretty disturbing, with all the little kids standing out front.

Well put!

Ok...so it has an somewhat interesting title and biblical reference. What makes it not something that anyone with a internet connection and a digital camera could do?? From a technical standpoint I could render these houses with visual impact by using appropriate lenses and composition. The shot with the kids is disturbing on a few levels, yeah the kids are "playing" in front of a SO's home, but doesn't it look a little contrived? So if it is a setup, do you think he told them why he was taking the picture and wanted THEM in it? Did he obtain model releases from the kids parents and tell THEM why he was taking the picture? These realestate'ish snapshots of SO's homes gives me a sense of cowardice on the part of the photographer, like it was a photo scavenger hunt thrown together in a hurry, not a thoughtful exercise in depicting how "their" homes are indistinguishable from "ours". It IS sensational but it lacks substance. Just like his street photography this is an exercise in balls, not talent. The old school of street photography was a time honed process of waiting, monitoring the light, and OBSERVING people with camera with a sense of portraying them in their urban environment. His "street" photography is more a jackass like exercise in paparrazi reality photography. It takes balls to walk across the street and use a hand held flash to photograph an unsuspecting person, it does not require much skill, little process, and no forethought. As a sensational exercise the piece about SO's homes works, but as art it does not.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems as though these people aren't still living in these houses. If that's the case, I find it sad for the families who have moved in to these houses, since someone someday will see their house on a site where 'registered sex offenders' supposedly live.

Funny...a photographer misspelling paparazzi.

I take pictures...I can't spell...never claimed any ability :P