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Photographer Mo Gelber Takes Picture of Couple Kissing While Arrested, but Can't Enter Pic in Contest
Mo Gelber, a New York City photographer who specializes in street photography, took a picture (below) of a couple kissing as they got arrested in August.
Gelber entered his picture, entitled 'Last Kiss,' into a photo contest, Project Imaginat10n, sponsored by director Ron Howard. The problem is that the photo wouldn't be considered in without permission of the couple, even though the picture was taken in public and does not violate privacy laws.
Gelber posted the picture on his Facebook page in hopes of finding out their identities. He wrote on his Facebook page: "'Does anyone know who this couple is? I have approximately 24 hours to find them. It is very important. I took this photo outside Manhattan criminal court on Thursday August 16th."
The NY Daily News reported that the woman is Alexis Creque, who said she was the lookout person while her boyfriend vandalized some walls with graffiti.
Creque said the NY Daily News: "I was just the look-out. We had a crazy romance all summer. It is like a movie."
The 28-year-old woman, who is now free, says that her unidentified 26-year-old boyfriend is still in jail and she won't sign any release forms for the picture until her beloved is free.
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I'm sure it would have been
I'm sure it would have been okay if they had been two men kissing. (barf)
It's not a legal issue for
It's not a legal issue for the photographer, it's just the rules of the photo contest he wanted to enter the picture in. If you're in public, anyone can take your picture legally.
Cute girl, real bad choice
Cute girl, real bad choice for a boyfriend...loser! Oh I know...he a starving artist....
Essentially, you can take any
Essentially, you can take any picture you want in any public place. (Rest rooms are private places!) But if you are going to profit by it, you must have a model release. If you upload it to YouTube not so much.
And yes, under the First Amendment, you have a Constitutional right to take pictures of the police as long as it is a public place and you do not get in the way. Morgan Leigh Manning's "War on Photography" spells out your Constitutional rights and you can download that paper free. Google it.
Of course, if the police see you photographing them you are likely to wind up with a broken camera so be discreet.
Stranger
Stranger
So do other photos taken in
So do other photos taken in public need consent too?? First I've heard of this.
J. L.
One word... HOTTIE!
One word... HOTTIE!
People do serious time for
People do serious time for some graffiti? Musta had a bit of a record already.
No they don't but he likely
No they don't but he likely does not have two nickels to rub together so can't bail out. And if this kind of guy is her choice of guys, she is likely not sitting on any cash either.