Street Photography Part 7; Legal Considerations

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Actually i already wrote about this almost every post of Street Photography topic. But for the last time i want to tell about it in this last post of the topic. Since most of my viewers are from USA, i’ll write about the laws of USA.

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In USA in a public place everything can be photographed legally, including, parks buildings, people, images, everything… This may not be the same for every country so i advice you to learn about it before you start taking pictures in the street which will keep you out of trouble.

But publishing your work with a person whose face is recognisable, is illegal without a written permission or “model release” agreement. So if you are planning to publish your work you better talk to the subject of the picture and get the permission. Also remember you may not be able to find the person you photographed in the street next day. So if you think the results will be good enough to publish, it is better to talk to that person before or after you take the shot in the same day.