[Leica] Photojournalists and permission

[feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)]

I don't think this is entirely true. From what I understand, if you are 
in a public space, you
are free game. Otherwise if what is stated below is true, 
photojournalism, street and documentary photography is dead as a 
doorknob.

feli



On Apr 19, 2005, at 12:05 AM, Karen Nakamura wrote:

> I should add that even photojournalists these days are asking the 
> permission of subjects in human interest stories.  Very rarely will 
> you see a grab shot taken without permission and without the 
> name/address of the subject so that the editor can later follow-up to 
> make sure that express permission was given to take the photograph and 
> permission was given to use the photograph in the newspaper.
>
> Breaking news photographs are one thing, but "regular people in the 
> street" photographs  almost always are cleared beforehand. It's very 
> easy to get your pants sued off otherwise.
>
> Let's not kid ourselves into believe we're the next Jacob Riis. Even 
> his work was full of ethical issues.
>
> Again, this is my own ethics speaking. You can decide for yourself.
>
> Karen Nakamura
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