[Organizers] Re: photography policy?

BIDA has: "Photography: We don't have a photography policy, and it is common for dancers to take pictures and post them on social media." -- https://www.bidadance.org/accessibility We talked a lot about ways in which we could potentially make the dance better for people who don't want to be photographed or have their pictures shared, but we ended up running into the same problems Alan describes. If you have a place where people can trust that photos of them will not appear on social media without them having the option to opt out, then there are people who can come to your dance who couldn't otherwise. On the other hand, if you make some effort in this direction but it still happens, which is what will happen unless you have quite strict enforcement (especially with newcomers), you aren't successfully making the dance more accessible and you are making the dance less enjoyable for dancers who like sharing photos. Jeff On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 10:19 PM Winston, Alan P. via Organizers <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: to put dance images in our publicity and privacy concerns meant that we couldn't just use pictures. It was very frustrating that while the Board was arguing about this stuff pictures of our dances from random dancers were turning up on FB with no concern for privacy. We eventually concluded that if we were going to take publicity photos we'd let people know beforehand, announce what dance in the evening we were going to do it in, and let people sit down or leave the room for that one dance. without draconian measures like searches at the door and confiscating all the cellphones. have a preference to people for whom it's a matter of survival - those who have fled violent abusers or who are, say, in witness protection. You cannot guarantee their safety and they need to understand that you can do at most a best-effort attempt. signage at the desk about not photographing outside of that line, but people will still miss or forget the signage, so organizers have to keep an eye on it and announcements have to be made, which may on any given night be for the benefit of people who aren't there. might be effective in that people reviewing images before sharing them will see a reminder in the picture, but it's not likely to be useful for people who livestream a minute of your dance. done. do not want to appear in any photos or videos. with that you're willing to share? _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list -- organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net