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Originally Posted by beauxreflets
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The rules are quite straightfoward. You can take pictures of anyone or anything not considered sensitive from a public place, such as a highway. You cannot publish images of 'identifiable' individuals without their permission with two very big exceptions that you can drive a horse and cart through - these are public interest and reportage. 'Art' definitely comes under reportage.
Think about it; if these exceptions did not exist there would be no French newspapers, magazines or current affairs on TV. Yet all of them thrive.
I sometimes ask, but usually don't because asking makes people ham up. Although hardly anyone doesn't want their picture taken, they see it as a form of flattery.
'Occupez vous de vos onions' works quite nicely when challenged, I find. Usually I must admit, prefaced by c'est un endroit publique et mes images sont mes affaires. I suppose it helps that I am 6'2" and foreign. You can always revert to je ne comprends pas.
Check out my 'people' stream over on
flickr , well over half of them street shots, this one being my favourite:
So take a deep breath and go for it.