Think Tank

November, 1977

Snap Legal DecisionsYou're standing at a busy intersection, taking pictures of the passing scene, when one of your subjects (call him Bruno) runs over and threatens to sue if you don't stop snapping him. Do you know your rights? Should you tell him to suck your lens cap or do you stop shuttering and start shuddering? "Very little is taught to photographers about themselves and the law," says a college photography teacher, "and then it's mostly fatherly advice." Despite the fa...