Is Arne Svenson’s Neighbors series an Invasion of Privacy?

Arne Svenson’s The Neighbors photo series is clearly an invasion of privacy, but the intent does make it art and at the same time raise societal issues.  We currently live in a society where we essentially have no privacy, especially in New York, whether we like to admit it or not.  To live in a glass building and be shocked that you don’t have privacy is naive; not only are we in view of neighbors, but also the almost infinite number of cameras and videocameras that capture our lives.  Svenson is simply bringing to our attention this lack of privacy and showing it to us.  The images bring me back to Stieglitz’s The Steerage and seem to be more focused on the lines and shapes than the individuals, they are simply part of the compostion the artist is trying to capture.