Jerome Reyes wrote: >Someone wants to use an image of mine for a t-shirt. The problem (?) is >that it's a portrait of a stranger and her child (about 1 year old) that I >took about 5 years ago while just walking through a local street fair. >I've contributed nature and animal photos before, put never people shots >(without permission). In short, the question is, can I really sell this >photo for usage without permission from the person in it? I guess I'm >picturing a hilarious (albeit unlikely) event of the person eventually >coming across someone wearing a tee-shirt with THEIR photo on it. How >weird would that be? > >Thoughts? Experiences?
No go. You need a signed model release for this kind of use. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
