Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I understand it, showing work, whether in galleries or books or on-line, is okay - it's displaying art. What isn't okay is using the image for "commercial" purposes - i.e, advertising, etc. Now, is selling prints commercial? It sure sounds like it to me, but... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:21 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Photojournalists and permission Ok, so let me se if I really understand this. a) In the USA, anyone in a public place is free game to be photographed. b) But, if the individual is recognizable in the shot, there are certain caveats to selling then image. So, is a street photographer still able to sell that image to a gallery, or as a book as long as the editorial aspect doesn't slander or misrepresent the subject? Would Winogrand be in jail these days? Anyone? Feli On Apr 20, 2005, at 6:49 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > With the caveat that the homeless have the same protections in regard > to > their images that the rest of us have - they may not be used for > commercial purposes without their expressed permission. Further, anyone > using images of a homeless person on the street for editorial purposes > better be damn sure that they have all their facts straight. For > instance, if one used a shot of an identifiable homeless person - for > instance my ALDO guy - as an illustration for a story on the ultimate > horrors of alcoholism, and that homeless person was not an alcoholic > and > was hooked up with an attorney, one would be insuring that the homeless > person was able to purchase his own home. ;-) > ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information