Actually i already wrote about this almost every post of Street Photography topic. But for the last time i want to tell about it in this last post of the topic. Since most of my viewers are from USA, i’ll write about the laws of USA.
In USA in a public place everything can be photographed legally, including, parks buildings, people, images, everything… This may not be the same for every country so i advice you to learn about it before you start taking pictures in the street which will keep you out of trouble.
But publishing your work with a person whose face is recognisable, is illegal without a written permission or “model release” agreement. So if you are planning to publish your work you better talk to the subject of the picture and get the permission. Also remember you may not be able to find the person you photographed in the street next day. So if you think the results will be good enough to publish, it is better to talk to that person before or after you take the shot in the same day.
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ed
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:05 pm
What constitutes a public place? I know you cannot go to a mall and just start cklicking away. You need to get permission
from the mangament.
erman
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:52 am
public places are parks, squares, streets, highways, public beaches, roads, etc. Malls is not a public place becouse they are owned by privet enterprises so you cannot take pictures in malls without permission. Public places are the places that owned by governmet…