Memories of Unsoiled Decay
A camera sees differently than our eyes do and can be used as a means to communicate a story. For most artists – the story goes beyond themselves and capturing moments from their lives and the literal content contained within the frame. The photographs no longer reveal literal truth but instead present a metaphor for a greater truth. The viewer is engaged in identifying the metaphor and appreciating the relationship that the photographer has demonstrated with the subject. This portfolio is both. However, there is a third component of this portfolio that makes it worthy of being the work product of a Masters Degree Scholar: these photographs were specifically created in such a way as to maximize a viewers engagement with these images. I applied scientific research to my photographic process – in order to maximize the portfolio’s ability to engage the viewer.
What is the deal with model release forms?
When are they needed and why?
By Matthew B. Harrison, esq.
PhotosAndTheLaw.com
Essential to our culture is this underlying protection of an individual’s right to privacy; both in terms of governmental interference in personal affairs, but also freedom from invasion of privacy by other individuals. There is a lot of law on the subject and through all the confusion and conflicting precedents; four fairly clear categories of privacy protection have emerged.
· Appropriation: Individuals have a right to protection against the unauthorized use of their name or likeness for commercial purposes
· Intrusion: Individuals have a right to protection against unwarranted intrusion upon their solitude and private affairs
· False Light: Individuals have a right to protection against publicity that places them in a false light
· Public Disclosure: Individuals have a right to protection against the public disclosure of embarrassing facts about their private lives.
Empirically, these protections mean that one cannot photograph something that a person has a reasonable expectation of keeping private, even when the person is in a public area.
While courts have generally sanctioned the photography of news worthy events that are exposed to public view, they have traditionally considered certain subject matter to be private affairs that warrant protection from intrusion. People in their homes, or private areas of their business are a prime example.
