[Leica] permission vs consensual photography

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

As someone who has done just that, has spent more days than I would care
to attempt to count with people who do, and who is constantly speaking
with people who do, I can say that I have never witnessed, or heard of,
a newspaper photographer asking before hand to take such a shot, or EVER
asking someone in a public place to sign a photo release. Ask afterwards
for basic caption information, including name, address, age, etc.? Any
time soma's identifiable, simply because the photo is potentially going
in a newspaper, and newspapers want to identify people. But that doesn't
mean that if there's a really spectacular shot, and the photographer
can't get id, that it won't run.



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
GREG LORENZO
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:17 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] permission vs consensual photography


John W. Heintz writes in part:

> I've enjoyed following the way this discussion has developed from what
> appeared to be very simply stated, straightforward opposition to a 
> rich, complex and nuanced discussion of the many different situations 
> photographers find themselves in when doing candid photography, 
> together with the expression of some basic ethical principles that 
> most seem to agree on. That's the way serious ethical discussions have

> to go - no simple description of a situation states everything
relevant 
> to an ethical decision. 

Hi John,

I've been following this thread with interest as well. Most of the
discussion has been relative to a "photojournalists" take on this but
most of the people posting are putting forward their take on this are
"street shooters", hobbyists (like myself) or professional
photographers.

I'm not sure how many people we have on the list that go out on a daily
basis looking for interesting people photos to publish in a daily
newspaper or weekly magazine but I'd be interested in hearing from them
on this topic. Their thoughts and the policies or guidelines their
employers' expect them to follow.

Regards,

Greg 

 
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