Release form needed for street photography?
Number 7 wrote: How does all of this work for street photographers who aspire to get published?
It's constantly changing, and probably depends a lot on how expensive of a lawyer you can afford. As said above laws vary from place to place, and they are all different for commercial, editorial, documentary, and artistic use.
I've never read an account of Henri Cartier Bresson getting a release formed signed.
Robert Doisneau was taken to court by several couples who claimed to be in his street photos, but he was able to produce release forms from the actual subjects.
These days it seems like people are more likely to pursue legal action, they have the impression that photographers may be making money from the photos (or otherwise exploiting them), people tend to be suspicious of photographers wandering around and shooting them and their kids, and we are often portrayed as pervs and potential terrorists in the media. Street photographers have more issues to be worried about today than ever before. We used to laugh at people who thought cameras stole the soul, but today everyone believes it!
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