Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/26

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Subject: [Leica] a photographer sued
From: billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce)
Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 13:40:23 -0500
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Huge windows in a high rise building across the street from another? And the 
subjects thought they had an expectation of privacy with curtains drawn? I 
think the ones suing are on equally thin ice. Had this been done in France, 
Canada, etc. not so sure.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Hemenway
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 1:13 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] a photographer sued

  "no expectation of privacy"...  I think that a sharp lawyer for the
defendant could exploit this concept.

I don't condone the defendants actions... just saying.

.Jim

What do I know?  I went to art school.



On 5/26/13 1:25 PM, RicCarter wrote:
> so, am i conflicted
>
> seeing the pictures is very important here
>
> many were online
>
> they're not the voyeuristic snaps i expected from reading about them
>
> most are not of identifiable
>
> still, i don't care for anyone shooting pics through my window
>
> wasn't there some woman who did this in a very invasive fashion a couple 
> of years ago?
>
> ric
>
>
>
>
> On May 26, 2013, at 1:08 PM, "Bill Pearce"<billcpearce at cox.net>  wrote:
>
>> I am conflicted by this project. Some of the samples I have seen on the 
>> net interest me, and I would certainly hang them in my home. It seems to 
>> be the logical extension of the seventies photographers that shot 
>> "landscapes" that attempted to show the banality of American life, a 
>> thing that I recognised but didn't want to see reinforced. So I like some 
>> of the results but don't like the concept. Ugh!
>>
>> --
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