Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:39 PM 8/6/98 -0300, you wrote: >Tina: > >I have long had a question about photographers like yourself and street >photographers as well. Do you require model releases for these photographs >of people that you take and later publish? I have been a bit hesitant >about taking people pictures with the expectation of entering them in photo >contests or selling prints of them as I do not think it would be easy to >get model releasese for all of them. > Robert - You don't need a model release unless you are going to use the photographs for advertising. For editorial, educational, or exhibition purposes no model release is necessary. The only exception to this would be for controversial subjects. For example, if I published a photograph implying that the subject was a drug user, I would need a model release. Here in the United States, when I photograph people receiving charity of some kind (I take a lot of the photographs to raise money for ngo's), I always get a model release just to be courteous to the people. It's not strictly required but it came in handy when the Meals on Wheels program published a poster showing the mother of one of our prominent citizens receiving a meal! For photo contests or selling prints you do not need a model release. Go take those photos! Leically, Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> <http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm>