Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought the discussion was only about Street Photography. Obviously it would not apply for photographing news... Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad > On 16-Jul-2014, at 6:30 am, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at > icloud.com> wrote: > > >> On Jul 15, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> >> Precisely. What most members seem to be saying is to keep >> photographing them, because we are within our rights to do so. That, >> in my opinion, would be legally right, but ethically and morally >> wrong. Let me make it clear, before the sky falls on my head, that >> that is only my view, and I will continue to follow it, but, as ever, >> YMMV. >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:53 PM, George Lottermoser >> <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: >>> ?what about taking someone's photograph when or if the subject has >>> requested that you not make a photograph of them. > > I agree with you in the cases of so-called "street photography" and/or > "travel photography > where in the photographer is using subjects on the street as a form of > "self expression" > > If on the other hand I was engaged in professional photo journalism > where in the photographer is photographing unfolding "news events" > I would not honor requests to "stop photographing." > > Obviously the lines between these various forms of photography will blur; > or become gray; or move a bit; under some circumstances; and for some > photographers; > even though they seem fairly clear to me. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information