In England (UK) you may photograph in the street where people are in the frame but not make a portrait as with a telephoto lens as the person can be identified unless permission is sort and granted, however verbal permission is sufficient. I once took a picture of a freak accident where a builder was repairing a roof, he slipped and a piece of wood fell on a manâs head, killing him. ÂI was out in the street taking photographs with a Practica in monochrome way back and caught the whole sequence, the builder slipping (I heard the noise) the piece of wood falling as it was near the manâs head and the man lying on the ground. I gave evidence at the enquiry with the photographs which were published in the local Wimbledon newspaper. I also took pictures of a bank robbery as the criminals escaped. These were also published also in Wimbledon. Chris From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Palcewski When you are in your own home you are entitled to full privacy. When you are out in public, expecting the same amount of privacy is unreasonable, therefore photographing people in public without their permission is legal. Now that's in America. In Italy, however, you may NOT photograph people in public without their permission. Which is why there are no videocams at ATM machines.
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx> wrote: What amount of privacy are you guaranteed or can you expect when you are out in public? Why would people want to intrude someone's privacy like this? |
