Bellocq's work is super interesting, especially how he would hand anonymize some of the portraits, dodging and scratching on the negative etc. Also, the tankie comment was funny. I really am committed to building trust, I also don't want to go to a random house off of a forum post... I was mainly hoping to start discussing and the posts so far have been really helpful so thank you! There was a project done by a Ukrainian photographer of the cam industry there which I find as an interesting reference for my project. I'm pretty committed to photographing or exploring the surrounding technical aspects of camming, the room decoration, the presentation, the stream set up, lighting, I think, especially after discussing on here, I don't want to take portraits of people, I want to capture the space around them.
As for the note on being on the periphery or involved in sex work as a pre-requisite for making art on the subject is one I don't know how to think about. On one hand I completely agree, I hate exploitative photography, most street photography, and those awful travel photographs of impoverished communities. I don't want to repeat that. I was hoping to find a way to have the work remove myself, and rather be about the operation of the camera, but at the same time, especially in contemporary 'post-doc' photos are very much about the performance behind and in front of the camera.
Lastly about privacy and personal information. In a couple of pms on the subject I have readily shared my personal website. I'm just drawing a line at posting it publicly on the forum. Earlier this decision seemed to be the right thing and did not get the same response.