images of strangers (WAS: [Leica] A modern website)

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Nathan:

what a great image. I don't remember seeing it on your site and most 
often try to view your work. That is a keeper of the first order!!

Walt

Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Arche, Harvey wrote:
>
>> I'm very relieved to learn about the photographer's status, shooting 
>> in public places. Now I know all I need is chutzpah, and not a lawyer 
>> on retainer. I had gotten the impression that lawsuits in the 90's 
>> had altered the legal landscape (not in the 'patriots don't take 
>> pictures' sense) and that individuals had developed privacy 
>> priviledges on their likenesses as private persons, regardless of 
>> being in public places. In this I'm glad (sort of) to be mistaken. 
>
> It is true in most but not all countries. Specifically, I am pretty 
> sure that in France you have a presumption of privacy even in a public 
> place. I therefore believe that I have several illegal images on my 
> site, see e.g. http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_10alt8.jpg, but 
> so far I have not received any summons from French lawyers, and if I 
> ever do, then I have a French lawyer in my own family there ;-)
>
> Nathan
>