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Subject: [Leica] permission vs consensual photography
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed Apr 20 08:25:08 2005

A really excellent point, Sonny - Anyone who is doing more than sniping
is getting tacit consent. Sure, we all snipe at times, but those of use
who believe that Capa was right - 'if your pictures aren't good enough,
you're not close enough,' do get tacit permission. I know that if
someone turns away and obviously doesn't want to be photographed, in the
vast majority of cases I'll move on to another subject - even though I
definitely do not have to. ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
SonC@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:21 AM
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] permission vs consensual photography


In a message dated 4/20/2005 1:21:22 A.M.  Central Daylight Time, 
mail@gpsy.com writes:
Permission doesn't have to be in  the form of a 
signed release but can be given orally  too.


Permission may be given tacitly too. 

I   (6'4",  20 stone) am quite openly photographing, usually with a
short 
focal  length, so I could never be accused of surreptitious shooting.  I
don't 
ask  permission, instead I consider that my subjects consent by not
turning  
away.

(I have done some photo-sniping, though.)  

http://www.sonc.com/sniper.htm 


Regards,  
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
?galit?, libert?, crawfish  


 
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