300' photograph

[Starmapper]

Yep...A three hundred foot image :) Found while browsing.....

LINK (http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html)

[DivotDan]

WOW! I wonder why it took so long to take all the photos? I guess he just wanted the "right" subjects in them.

[Rick Meyer]

wow. thats pretty amazing. reminds me of that SUPER high resolution shot of Obama's inauguration speech...so many characters to sift through.

this brings up a question...what if one of these people spotted this photo and realized they didn't want to be in a published work...would this photographer have to take it down? withdraw it from a museum?

I love landscape shots but I find humans to be much more interesting. I just NEVER have the b*lls to point my camera at strangers for fear of backlash..."hey get that camera out of my face" etc. I see great street side shots and I wonder how you navigate the menutia of that...can you publish shots of strangers? do you NEED to get a signed waiver? etc.

thanks for posting mino. great shot...

[Starmapper]

You're welcome...As far as I know, if people are out in a public place then they're fair game to take pictures of. Having said that, it would seem to be good manners on the photographers part that if people resist having their picture taken then one should respect their wishes. People in private areas are another matter and I believe you need releases for that. Taking pictures of people in private spaces from public spaces doesn't cut it. The photographers right to take pictures seems to vary from place to place, country to country. I've never really come across anything that seems carved in stone. For me it's a perplexing issue, but I'm also kind of timid about snapping strangers and only practice the art with the longest lens I can get:)

[egproductions]

My understanding of a photographers rights are as follows:

In the US the general rule of thumb is that if you are in a public space taking a picture then you can take of picture of anything you (or your lens) can see (whether its in a public or private domain) Private property obviously is up to the owner and even some public property have limitations if its a national risk that is restricted (bridges, etc.)

Now that you know what you can take a picture of, publishing photographs is a whole other arena. Basically for news, and I think art, you can publish anything you were originally allowed to take a photo of as long as it doesn't portray the person in a false light. For any type of commercial use however, you need a release form signed.

For more detailed information about the rights of photographers read the link below:

http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf

[Rick Meyer]

Cool thanks for the link. Yeah, I've always wondered about that. I see some great shots of people being people and I wonder how they got that. Or how they can post that or print that or put it in an exhibit etc...