Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Susan-- As a hospice medical director as well as a medical oncologist, my sense is that many, probably most, patients at the end of life, and their families, would respond very favorably to an offer on your part to document parts of this phase of their and their families' lives. Later, while sharing the resulting images with them, express satisfaction with the result and ask if they'd be willing to let you post some of the best images to a group of serious (and private) fellow photography enthusiasts. I suspect that if you approach them this way, you'd get consent more often than not. My inclination is to agree with Nathan that formal, written permission would be unnecessary, and asking for it might put the wrong tone on the situation. I think it's a great idea. I can't tell you how many times I've been on the verge of broaching this idea to one or another of my own patients. Maybe now! Ask Steve Barbour how he explains his aims to his patients and their parents. --howard On Mar 15, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Susan Ryan wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm hoping the group can give me some thought about how to handle a > potentially touchy situation. I am a hospice volunteer. From > experiences in my own life, I think there might be interest by > hospice clients and family members for donated photo services. I'm > thinking things such as grandparents finishing projects to be given > to grandchildren, spending time with family members, portraits, or > whatever the person involved would like to document. I'm thinking I > would give the client a copy of the files on a disc and they could > do with them what they liked. While I wouldn't use these photos for > any personal gain, I can envision wanting to post to the LUG, etc., > if I had one I liked, needed help with, etc. I am quite concerned > about privacy liability. I'm also afraid if I insist on model > releases before taking a single photo people will assume I have > personal motives for taking the photos to begin with. I was thinking > maybe it would be safe enough to ask permission to post or show > their photos and if they agree I would have them sign a model > release. If they do not like the idea I would keep a record of that > and keep those files in a "do not post" folder. Do you have any > advice about how you would handle this? Should I abandon the idea > because the can of worms is just too big to open? > > Thanks in advance. > > Sue > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information