[Leica] Lecia Street Photography

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Nice set.  What makes them illegal?

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>
>
> 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
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> 
> 
> 
> 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
> >>
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> >
> >
> > -- 
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