I still wanted to go with the idea of direct interaction with people and letting them contribute to the artwork. I finally got to interview an anonymous street photographer. I asked him questions about how he defined "street photography" and how it was important to him. We also discussed how he interacts with his subjects and how they display culture and society. He said he's never had an aggressive encounter, in fact most people enjoy playing along. As much as I love the idea of really pulling people into a project, I've been afraid of someone not wanting to play along. It looks like that doesn't happen all too often though, and it may be better to reach out more.
He said he hadn't thought much of specifically looking at cultural/societal aspects of his artwork, but he liked to group together common themes that he saw as he was working, e.g. bicycles at night. He mainly liked how "up close and personal" he could get with his subjects in their natural environment, people just being themselves.
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