First of all, we're talking about a private or at least semi-private social situation, right? If I'm at a ballgame and someone takes my picture, I don't feel I have much to say about it.
But if I'm with friends and I'm in the middle of something I might have trouble explaining to my boss/mom/maiden aunt, or I think I don't look my best, or I just don't fucking want to have my picture taken, I have a right to ask not to be photographed, and I think the would-be photographer, as a friend and fellow human being, has an obligation to respect that request. If he doesn't, it may not be assault, but it's pretty severe rudeness.
I would seek a non-violent resolution: I'd get hold of the camera and delete the photo in question. Not all the photos -- that'd be vengeful. I hate to be an asshole, but once an awkward moment gets on the Internet it's everywhere forever; I'd rather be an asshole about one photograph for five minutes than have it haunting me for the next twenty years.
This doesn't apply to drawings and paintings because we don't traditionally attribute reliable factual truth to drawings and paintings. I'm aware that Photoshop etc. have hollowed out this traditional view, but still....
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Date: 2009-11-30 12:18 am (UTC)But if I'm with friends and I'm in the middle of something I might have trouble explaining to my boss/mom/maiden aunt, or I think I don't look my best, or I just don't fucking want to have my picture taken, I have a right to ask not to be photographed, and I think the would-be photographer, as a friend and fellow human being, has an obligation to respect that request. If he doesn't, it may not be assault, but it's pretty severe rudeness.
I would seek a non-violent resolution: I'd get hold of the camera and delete the photo in question. Not all the photos -- that'd be vengeful. I hate to be an asshole, but once an awkward moment gets on the Internet it's everywhere forever; I'd rather be an asshole about one photograph for five minutes than have it haunting me for the next twenty years.
This doesn't apply to drawings and paintings because we don't traditionally attribute reliable factual truth to drawings and paintings. I'm aware that Photoshop etc. have hollowed out this traditional view, but still....