On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:59:59 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Markus Maurer" > Subject: RE: PESO: The splendour and the misery of Berlin > > > Hi Frank > > and still no answer from your side whether people **know that you are > > publishing them later** and if they still **feel okay**? > > greetings ;-) > > The point is, it doesn't matter how they feel about it. > It becomes an issue of the ethics of the photographer, and how he or she > feels about publishing a picture of someone without their permission. > > William Robb > >
Markus, There was no answer from me, because I didn't see your posts. For whatever reason, I didn't get them. I told you my personal rules for photographing the indigent. I try to ask them if they mind that I take a photo. I respect their answer. I'm not looking down the road as to whether I'm going to publish them or not. I just ask them if they mind if I take some photos. If they say yes, I shoot. If they say no, I don't. If they ask questions, I answer them honestly. If they ask if I'm a pro (that seems the most common question), I say, "no, can't you see, I'm shooting Pentax." I've never been asked, but if someone asked if I was going to publish them, I'd say, "I exhibit from time to time, I sometimes share photos with friends on the internet." To answer your question more specifically, if someone started saying, "you can take my photo, but you can't publish it," or crap like that, I'd likely get bored and cranky and move on. There are enough people that don't mind me taking their picture that I don't need to waste time with street lawyers. I don't really know what more to say. Once the photo is taken, it's mine, and I use it any way I please. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
