If your comment is an appreciation, I take it sportingly. If your comment is sarcasm, I take it sportingly.
However, to clarify….. the ‘side’ is the swing stand. The later is kept out of focus to give the subject a dramatic effect. You must aware of this commonly followed feature in photography.
I am sure you click pictures of random people at fairs, flea markets, and downtowns; and you don’t go on asking your subjects their names, addresses and other details. The same works in the Arab (and other parts of the world) as well. And afterall…..“What’s in a name….” (Courtesy: The Bard of Avon)