Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 14, 2008, at 10:44 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > 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... not bad Nathan, but IF you had gotten a signed nonsent for these, not only would they have been legal images, they would have been much, much better... especially since in many of these photos, the subjects aren't even looking at you... Steve > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information