Ich lebe in Kanada und mache gerne Straßenfotografiefotos wie die oben genannten. Meistens Silhouetten oder lange Verschlusszeiten, sodass sie unscharf sind. Sind solche Bilder in Deutschland erlaubt, da die Person dann weiterhin anonym bzw. nicht identifizierbar wäre, oder benötige ich auch für solche Aufnahmen noch eine Einwilligung?
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1qemwci
Von keith_adrian_photo
6 Kommentare
Generelly you are allowed to take images of the public with person in them if the focus of the image isnt on the person, so the person does not need to be censored. And all of these images focus on persons so that wouldnt appy here.
You can take photos of everything that visible from public areas, which the exception of creating pornography (especially of children). And in public areas like swimming pools, it’s mostly also forbidden to take pictures. Other then that there arent any restrictions to photographing the public
Really nice shots!!! Keep it up
Man that first picture is like Berlin lovecraftian horror vibes. Great shots.
Nice pictures!
It’s tricky here in Germany.. especially if you shoot film, you can’t prove to someone that he/she is not recognisable.
There was this thing about giving up your privacy if you are in a public space, but now it looks that even that is not holding up. As a fellow photographer, I’m also uneasy doing street. Usually I just ask if I can take a picture, but I understand especially in your case, the importance of grabbing the moment.
I can’t really help you.. just be stealthy, like I know you probably already are.
nice clicks !!! Loved it
Issue is most people interpret laws without actually knowing them, you can hear somebody shouting “DATENSCHUTZ” when you take a photo in public. As others said, taking a photo or video in the public is allowed in most cases and it MAY become an issue when it’s published. Even if somebody can be identifiable in a photo/video, you may edit/censor their faces before publishing so until then it is still allowed. (And it’s also allowed even if you don’t edit or censor them in specific cases).
A photo or a video where a person cannot be easily identified shouldn’t create an issue BUT this depends on the photo and if the court can decide if the person is identifiable or not.
One thing to remember, people who think that you can’t take their photo may attack or stop you from leaving, in that case you didn’t do anything illegal unless the other person. I’m not sure what may happen in case of film photography, it’s your belonging and police normally shouldn’t be able to request you to remove/destroy the film but I really don’t know what may happen in that situation.
As I said, normally “crime” happens when the photo is published (and the person is identifiable and they are the subject of the photo*) so until then there is nothing; it’s like buying a kitchen knife, just buying it doesn’t mean someone is stabbed, even though there may be a risk.
if you take a video of a street and there are many people passing by, practically nobody is the subject but then they can be identifiable, that’s where the grey area happens.