Model release form for photographing stained glass windows

[oldhippy]

Photographing and displaying some Tiffany Glass windows. It was called to y attention, that I may need a model release form. I find this hard to believe. opinions please

 

[smoke665]

Others more versed, might give a better answer, but I would think that it would depend on the circumstancesame that you obtained the photo and your intended use of the photo. If you were in a place normally open to the public then the taking of photos is not prohibited. For the same reason that it isn't illegal to photograph some one in a public place, because there is no reasonable expectations of privacy in a public place. However to use those photos in any kind of commercial application would require permission. My wife and I travel a lot, and I've noticed signs regarding photography for commercial use signs popping up at some federal parks.

 

[480sparky]

Laws will vary depending on where you are at. What is perfectly legal in one country will be an arrestable offense in others.

 

[pixmedic]

I dont imagine it would be needed in a public area, but you might want to get the windows to sign a release anyway just to be safe.

 

[smoke665]

Laws will vary depending on where you are at. What is perfectly legal in one country will be an arrestable offense in others.

And in some countries SHOT!!

 

[KmH]

What you might need, though I also find it hard to believe, is a property release.
They stopped making true Tiffany Glass in 1933.

And while architecture plans can be copyrighted, that copyright does not include the physical building itself as far as photographing the outside of the building from public property is concerned.
To photograph the inside of a building would require permission of the property owner to make photographs.
A property release for photos of the inside of the building would only be needed if the photos were used for a commercial purpose.

Selling prints of photos as art is an editorial use, not a commercial use.

 

[chuasam]

Laws will vary depending on where you are at. What is perfectly legal in one country will be an arrestable offense in others.

And in some countries SHOT!!

Yeah. USA USA USA!
it can be legal and still be riddled with bullets.