by SCC » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:42 pm
More to the point:
http://www.bjp-online.com/2013/07/frenc ... photobook/
I think you will find that it is not illegal to take a pic of a person in the street if it is for your own personal use. If, on the other hand , you want to use it for publication you should really get the person/ people to sign a photography release form. It's standard practice for photo library photography.
Here's what wiki says about it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_pho ... Legalities
Legalities[edit]
Several legal cases in the United States and other countries, for example Nussenzweig v. DiCorcia, have established that taking, publishing and selling street photography (including street portraits) is legal without any need for the consent of those whose image appears in the photos, because photography is protected as free speech and artistic expression by the First Amendment in the US and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights in the European Union.[9][dead link]
The issue of street photographers taking photos of strangers in public places without their consent (which is the definition of candid photography) for fine art purposes has been controversial in some countries, notably France,[10] even though France was the home of several well-known street photographers in past and present, for example Cartier-Bresson.[11]
While individuals may complain of privacy or civil inattention violations when they become the subject of candid photography, the work of photographers cannot be done in any other way and if candid photography were restricted then society and the future generations would lose works of art, educational images, newsworthy images, and images of people's history.[citation needed]
In France, a legal case between a street photographer and a woman appearing on a photo published in the photographer's book decreed that street photography without the consent of the subject is an important freedom in a democracy: "the right to control one’s image must yield when a photograph contributes to the exchange of ideas and opinions, deemed “indispensable” to a democratic society."[10]
From 15 March 2014 anyone taking photographs in Hungary is technically breaking the law if someone wanders into shot, under a new civil code that outlaws taking pictures without the permission of everyone in the photograph. This expands the law on consent to include the taking of photographs, in addition to their publication.
Not that accurate as far as professional publications go, don't want to get sued do we?
http://photography.lovetoknow.com/Photo ... ease_Forms
An example of a photography release form.
Just print them out and ask the participant if they will sign the form for a dollar or something. That way you are not intruding on a persons privacy and they can decide if they think you will be using it for malicious purposes or not.
Note the part about " reasonable expectations".
Anyone else taking a lot candid snaps of a western man they don't know in Cambodia, fair game for serious verbal abuse IMO. People are supposed to take photos of the locals and scenery when they are on holiday, NOT other holiday makers unless they met up with them and became friends. Pretty bloody obvious really.
More to the point: http://www.bjp-online.com/2013/07/french-court-bans-yan-morvans-latest-photobook/
I think you will find that it is not illegal to take a pic of a person in the street if it is for your own personal use. If, on the other hand , you want to use it for publication you should really get the person/ people to sign a photography release form. It's standard practice for photo library photography.
Here's what wiki says about it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography#Legalities
[quote]Legalities[edit]
Several legal cases in the United States and other countries, for example Nussenzweig v. DiCorcia, have established that taking, publishing and selling street photography (including street portraits) is legal without any need for the consent of those whose image appears in the photos, because photography is protected as free speech and artistic expression by the First Amendment in the US and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights in the European Union.[9][dead link]
The issue of street photographers taking photos of strangers in public places without their consent (which is the definition of candid photography) for fine art purposes has been controversial in some countries, notably France,[10] even though France was the home of several well-known street photographers in past and present, for example Cartier-Bresson.[11]
While individuals may complain of privacy or civil inattention violations when they become the subject of candid photography, the work of photographers cannot be done in any other way and if candid photography were restricted then society and the future generations would lose works of art, educational images, newsworthy images, and images of people's history.[citation needed]
In France, a legal case between a street photographer and a woman appearing on a photo published in the photographer's book decreed that street photography without the consent of the subject is an important freedom in a democracy: "the right to control one’s image must yield when a photograph contributes to the exchange of ideas and opinions, deemed “indispensable” to a democratic society."[10]
From 15 March 2014 anyone taking photographs in Hungary is technically breaking the law if someone wanders into shot, under a new civil code that outlaws taking pictures without the permission of everyone in the photograph. This expands the law on consent to include the taking of photographs, in addition to their publication.[/quote]
Not that accurate as far as professional publications go, don't want to get sued do we?
http://photography.lovetoknow.com/Photography_Release_Forms
An example of a photography release form.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/KdMcY7G.png[/img]
Just print them out and ask the participant if they will sign the form for a dollar or something. That way you are not intruding on a persons privacy and they can decide if they think you will be using it for malicious purposes or not.
Note the part about " reasonable expectations".
Anyone else taking a lot candid snaps of a western man they don't know in Cambodia, fair game for serious verbal abuse IMO. People are supposed to take photos of the locals and scenery when they are on holiday, NOT other holiday makers unless they met up with them and became friends. Pretty bloody obvious really.