Arne Svenson Exonerated on Appeal in Privacy Invasion Case
By David Walker
From Arne Svenson’s series “The Neighbors” ©Arne Svenson
A New York State appeals court court has upheld a lower court ruling that rejected privacy invasion claims against fine-art photographer Arne Svenson. But the court has also challenged the New York state legislature to consider legislation to prohibit what Svenson did: photograph his neighbors inside their apartments through their un-curtained windows.
Svenson was sued by Martha and Matthew Foster in 2013 for using a telephoto lens to photograph them and other neighbors through the windows of their apartments, then displaying the images in art galleries for sale as fine-art prints.
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Via: PDN Pulse
