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I've watched some Japanese video creators on YouTube and so often when they film streets they frame their shot so as to cut off the faces of those in public (wh
by yboris 4y ago
I've watched some Japanese video creators on YouTube and so often when they film streets they frame their shot so as to cut off the faces of those in public (whether by tilting the camera, or shooting a crowd where everyone is walking away). It's so polite, so considerate <3
- toomuchtodo 4y agohttps://kokoro-jp.com/columns/4027/ https://kokoro-jp.com/columns/4027/ > “It isn’t a criminal offense to photograph people’s faces in public, but it can be a civil offense if the person who has been photographed finds their likeness published anywhere. They can make a case against the photographer on the grounds of breach of privacy,” says Tia. “The threat of being identified in a creative’s work and suffering consequences for it is all the victim needs to prove in court.” > That’s why on most Japanese blogs, YouTube videos, and television programs, the faces of bystanders are blurred, an arduous and artistically painful process for any passionate creative. Tia says it best: “As an artist, mosaics and bars over the face can be such an ugly mark on one’s work.”
- viewtransform 4y agoI see a market for software that replaces those faces with "AI" faces. There's my startup idea for the day.
- blooalien 4y agoThat actually sounds like a totally valid use for those AI face generators. Gotta be hella better'n a big ol' blur or giant pixels where a face should be.
- DenisM 4y agoWatch out for that uncanny valley.
- nihilius 4y agoAlready done. Here was a link, like 1-2 months ago about a reality TV show or so wich replaced all faces with ai. Sadly I can’t find it right now.
- rippercushions 4y ago> As an artist, mosaics and bars over the face can be such an ugly mark on one’s work. Connoisseurs of Japanese art will know that legally mandated mosaics are not limited to faces.
- sotrue5 4y agoI assume this means NSFW stuff? I never see anyone call themself a "connoisseur" of art unless it's porn.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoIt was a clever, tasteful way of communicating that, yes.
- sotrue5 4y agoNot sure how tasteful it was
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- blitzar 4y agohttps://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/connoisseurs https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/connoi... "A connoisseur is a collector and/or art lover who is knowledgeable about works of art, in the sense of being able to recognise characteristic individual or regional styles. This skill is based on familiarity with a large number of pictures, and the ability to retain a visual memory of them."
- sotrue5 4y ago*On the internet
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- brippalcharrid 4y agoI wonder how this works in the case of identical twins, in which a person could independently contract to distribute a likeness that was indistinguishable from that of the other person.
- dangmyaccount 4y agoSo, I love japanese photography and their street photography is very lively and rooted in decades of tradition. A couple of years ago a famous photographer got some backlash for being "inconsiderate" but only lost his partnership with a famous camera manufacturer. How does this law fit with the very alive and active community of publishing street photographers?
- joe__f 4y agoThere are quite a few east Asian students in the city where I live, and especially the girls like to do photo shoots around town. They go to lengths to get shots without other people in, but I always got the impression they're doing it for aesthetics primarily above consideration for others