Privacy

Sharing is personal. Some photos are for everyone. Some are for no one but you. And many sit somewhere in between — meant for a handful of people who deserve more than a link but less than a public post.

Today, we’re introducing Circles: a lightweight, human-first way to share photos with named groups of people you trust.

The Idea Behind Circles

Every photographer, from hobbyists to professionals, develops their own circles of trust. There are the friends who see works in progress, the clients who receive polished galleries, the peers whose feedback helps refine a project before it goes public. Until now, sharing within these small, recurring groups meant awkward workarounds — private messages, unlisted links, or duplicating uploads.

At Exposera, we believe access control should be obvious, flexible, and never get in the way of sharing your work. Every photo has a story, and every photographer has their own sense of what “sharing” means. For some, it’s about public recognition; for others, it’s about quiet collaboration or private documentation. We wanted to support all of those patterns without turning privacy settings into an obstacle course.

So we designed a model that’s intentionally small and focused. Every photo or post can be set to one of three clear levels — Public, Unlisted, or Private — and each one behaves exactly as you’d expect.

Photography has always been about capturing a moment — light, color, emotion, the feeling of a place. But modern cameras do more than capture images. They quietly record where you were when the shutter clicked, embedding precise latitude and longitude coordinates inside the photo’s metadata. That data can be useful, sometimes even essential, for cataloging and memory. But it can also reveal more than you intend: where you live, where you work, or where someone vulnerable might be.

Street photography has always occupied a complicated space — both literally and ethically. It thrives in the unpredictable theater of public life, where chance encounters and fleeting gestures become visual poetry. Yet beneath its spontaneity lies an enduring tension: the photographer’s right to document versus the subject’s right to privacy. This tension has existed for more than a century, shaped by shifting social norms, laws, and technologies. Today, as cameras have become ubiquitous and sharing instantaneous, that debate feels sharper than ever.