Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wondering what some of you think about shooting pictures of people whose religion forbids being photographed (i.e., Amish)? I struggle with this regularly as there are lots of Amish in Ohio and they live in such picturesque environments. My personal approach has been to photograph their farms, buggies, etc. at will but not to photograph them from the front. Usually, I just do grab shots from the car but never of them unless they don't see me (i.e., from behind, long tele, etc.). Am I being too sensitive? Rob On Jul 16, 2008, at 6:35 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 06:20 PM 7/16/2008, you wrote: >> The other issue is that you shouldn't exploit people by taking a shot >> and then selling it for millions without them getting a look in or >> having signed a release. > > As far as I'm concerned, when people appear in public - on the street > or any other public place - they have given up any rights to privacy. > It is not exploitation to photograph and sell any public scene. If it > were, all photojournalism would be exploitation. I agree that some > photography is exploitive when it invades someone's privacy; however, > as long as the published photos are not falsely pejorative, any photo > taken in public should be allowed and any profit made from the photos > is totally irrelevant. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Rob McClure Upper Sandusky, OH