Street photography has been controversial in the USA since Robert Frank published "The Americans" in the late 1950s. It has ridden a roller coaster of acceptability and legal permissions/legal challenges on the basis of invasion of privacy, national security, popular opinion, etc etc ever since. The current explosion of social networking and image sharing has spawned another wave of controversy, with some parties calling for more and more restrictive legislation.
But I feel it is the essence of photography that matters. Street photographers are are the observers and recorders of Zeitgeist, the daily milieu, of contemporary culture, outside of the artifice of commercial and advertising portrayal. Street photography reminds us of who, collectively, we are from the viewpoint of the individuals pursuing it. It presents a personal historical record beyond the grasp of Big Media. It shouts, "I was there! This is what I saw that was important to me!" and whatever that is, whatever it says, is open to the viewer to see and interpret. There's no wonder that it is a controversial pursuit. G On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Thibouille <[email protected]> wrote: > The teacher asked to do some work about a legal issue concerning legal > rights of photographs use. > As he showed us a couple short movies on the topic and because I > believe that street shooting is indeed a fundamental of photography, > I'd like to know: > > * the status of street shooting in your country, both on a legal and a > practical point of view (I know that often things are permitted but > some zealot thinks you shouldn't be allowed to no matter what the law > is) ? > * did the status of street shooting in your country change in recent > years (I'd say recent being last 15 years till today) ? > * would you say there's a tendency to restrict photographer's rights > in your country and why/how ? > > > This doesn't need to be huge answers, really. But if you have any > legal reference in your mind, please do so :) > > I just can't check legal status in 30 different countries myself, but > I'm very interested (and somewhat concerned) about this. > > Thank you for your cooperation :) > > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs > ---------------------- > Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, > DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ > KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 > Mamiya C330+80/2.8 > Sekonic L-208 > FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes > > Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 > > Programing: Delphi 2009 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
