Many countries restrict taking photographs of strangers even on public streets. Privacy is the argument for such laws. In the US, street photography is considered constitutionally protected speech and allowed unless the photos are used commercially. How do photographers here feel about the different approaches?
Many countries restrict taking photographs of strangers even on public streets. Privacy is the argument for such laws. In the US, street photography is considered constitutionally protected speech and allowed unless the photos are used commercially. How do photographers here feel about the different approaches?
I've had my picture taken when I was in my backyard, in a place visible from the sidewalk, by a random stranger with a camera passing by. I was just relaxing in some spring sunshine after a long winter and believed I was alone and unobserved.
It made me feel uncomfortable because I had just stepped a few feet from my house onto the porch and it was unexpected. After he took it, he waved at me, I looked confused, and he walked away.
All that being said, I would not want to take away his right to take the picture. Not even if it was used commercially, not even if such a picture was taken for the purposes of carnal gratification. I don't believe that everything which gives me a bad feeling should be illegal - there are too many negative consequences of that mindset.
While I occasionally take pictures of strangers without asking, I don't do it while they're in their homes or on their porches. For me that's where the line between public and private space becomes gray.
Nobody suggests that you must be protected from all forms of discomfort. However, feeling discomfort at an event is often a justified response to it.
my image is a key part of my personal data
Many countries restrict taking photographs of strangers even on public streets. Privacy is the argument for such laws. In the US, street photography is considered constitutionally protected speech and allowed unless the photos are used commercially. How do photographers here feel about the different approaches?
Don, have you even scanned (reviewed, not digitized) the EU GDPR? The person you are attempting to correct seems to be using words in accordance with the specific EU regulation context rather than common English language usage. Definitions and word usage differences are important…
If we seek privacy, what's the point if government surveils us as we walk from block to block tracking our every move? Why aren't people complaining about that loss of privacy?
I just thought that the police follow us around with cameras mounted everywhere. So we have government intrusion into our lives, the worse kind, because it's government we mainly fear from possible harm. Yet, there are few complaints from the public for that surveillance. There's more when some stranger with a little P&S takes our picture when we get really upset, someone who can do little to us.
Are these policed areas where you see bigger challenge to our rights? Which raises the question. If we seek privacy, what's the point if government surveils us as we walk from block to block tracking our every move? Why aren't people complaining about that loss of privacy? Are we confused about where our concerns really should be?
SOAPBOX topic…
Is there an expectation of privacy walking out in the street?
As a person who is also a photographer by profession, I do not believe anyone should be photographed without there knowledge and consent, by anyone or anything.
As a person who is also a photographer by profession, I do not believe anyone should be photographed without there knowledge and consent, by anyone or anything.
But why? It’s just like seeing them, but you make the moment last a bit longer.
I do not make a habit of photographing people, so few that I can name each one. I do not take snapshots either.How to capture the indecisive moment.
As a person who is also a photographer by profession, I do not believe anyone should be photographed without there knowledge and consent, by anyone or anything.
I just thought that the police follow us around with cameras mounted everywhere. So we have government intrusion into our lives, the worse kind, because it's government we mainly fear from possible harm. Yet, there are few complaints from the public for that surveillance. There's more when some stranger with a little P&S takes our picture when we get really upset, someone who can do little to us.
Are thrketese policed areas where you see bigger challenge to our rights? Which raises the question. If we seek privacy, what's the point if government surveils us as we walk from block to block tracking our every move? Why aren't people complaining about that loss of privacy? Are we confused about where our concerns really should be?
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