Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A chance to compare yourself to Magnum
From: "Steve LeHuray" <steve@streetphoto.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:13:58 -0400

> Steve - let me understand this - If I go to Paris or Montreal ( only 3 
> hours away) that I can take street photos with impunity for my own -
> nonpublished use?

Yes, that sums it up. I have not heard the authorities saying that tourist
cannot take pictures. How do you define street photography compared to a
snap shot? You just cannot publish without the release.

sl
>
> I've avoided visiting Montreal for example because what am I supposed to do
> while the females of the family are clothes shopping?  Take photos has been
> my savior for these times.  That and the fact that I don't speak French
> have been my hesitations.
>
>
> ernie
>
>
> At 09:38 AM 2/19/03 -0400, you wrote:
>> > At 08:55 AM 2/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>> >
>> >>                 How did Cartier-Bresson (among others) manage?  Are such
>> >>laws only recent?
>> >>
>> >>                 Art Peterson
>> >>                 Alexandria, Virginia
>> >
>> >
>> > Very recent.  Quebec has similar laws.
>> >
>> > Tina
>> >
>>
>>...in France and Quebec it is only against the law to publish
>>(books/magazines) the photos, not against the law to take them. So how about
>>all the folks who are publishing French/Quebec photos on the web?
>>
>>sl
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Replies: Reply from Gerry Walden <gwpics@ntlworld.com> (Re: [Leica] A chance to compare yourself to Magnum)