I have seen many photographs of individuals published in blogs and websites online. I am sure you have as well. Sometimes, the person (or people) in the photograph may be a stranger to the photographer.
I have always wondered if there is a legal issue regarding this where the photographer must seek the approval of the “model” before:
- taking the photo
- publishing it (online — blog, website, etc and offline — magazine, newspaper, etc)
There are many photos that I see online that I am quite sure the photographer didn’t get the approval of the person in the photo before publishing it. In this case, is it legally wrong or just ethically wrong of the photographer to be doing that? Or maybe the photographer isn’t wrong at all since they were in a public place?
Do you ask the permission of the “model” before taking their photo? Did you inform them that you may publish it online for the world to see? What are your thoughts on this?
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I am not a pro photographer, but I will still get the approval of the “model” if wanna post it openly and let other ppl see it, especially those portrait.
but for those models that perform on the stage is the different case la…
@np
Yeah, I get what you mean. Models on stage should be more open to having their photos published. However, I was wondering if taking random photo of people on the street needs the same “approval”. What do you think?