Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Illegal Paris images here: http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/15.jpg http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2003/2003_30alt4.jpg http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_10alt4.jpg http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_10alt6.jpg http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_10alt8.jpg http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_10alt9.jpg I am happy to break French laws every time I am in France. So far the gendarmerie have not come after my web sites... Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jul 12, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: > Dodge the trouble, smile and keep shooting: that will be my plan in > Paris. 3 weeks to capture a brief glimpse of life in 2008. It will > be fun. I don't expect to upset anyone, but I do believe in street > photography as a way to record the life we lead. > > Cheers > > Alastair > > --- eboehmjr@gmail.com wrote: > > From: "Eric Boehm, Jr" <eboehmjr@gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Lecia Street Photography > Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:30:11 -0400 > > Alastair, > > Indeed, a sad state of affairs. My understanding is that in a public > arena one can photograph people as they are. The resulting photographs > can be shown in the context of "art" providing they are not > derogatory. And in my book, providing you do not make money off of the > print. Salgado's images can seel for 10K a pop. I doubt the subject > ever recieves anything for the image. Same goes for National > Geographic. There are no model release forms there either. > > Eric > > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Alastair Firkin > <afirkin@afirkin.com> wrote: >> I must make a quick comment. Leica are calling for MASTER IMAGES >> via the LFI. They want M8 DLUX CLUX images only, to "prove" how >> good these digital marvels are I suppose. When you read the fine >> print, you have to have model releases for anyone in the images: >> Well perhaps the photography the M was good for is now no longer >> viable. I can't imagine traveling in India and having to get >> someone to sign a release. >> >> I'm going to Paris in September for 3 weeks: one of my aims is to >> make some street images, but in France the rules are even stricter >> I believe. Certainly 60% of HCB's work would not pass the Leica >> Master image requirements. For children you would have to track >> down the legal guardians. It seems a bit depressing to use the M to >> take only animals, vegetables and minerals, and I suppose body >> parts which cannot be identified. >> >> Cheers >> >> Alastair >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Eric W.A. Boehm, PhD > Assistant Professor, Microbiology > Department of Biological Sciences > Kean University, 1000 Morris Ave. > Union, NJ 07083 > 908-737-3654 > eboehm@kean.edu > > Research Website: http://www.eboehm.com/ > Photography Website: http://www.streetphotographyisrael.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information