Photographs

To reproduce a published photograph you should apply to the publisher. However, copyright may reside with a photographer. The source of the photograph should be given in the figure caption or in the acknowledgements, and it is to this source that you should apply for permission. You must be aware of the owner’s honourable right of truth in illustrations. This can be infringed by changing or cropping photographs or changing colours in artwork. If you want to use a photograph you’ve taken of someone, you should seek permission from them. Certain photographs and films which are commissioned for private and domestic purposes, such as wedding photos, are also subject to the right of privacy. This right lasts for as long as the photograph concerned remains in copyright.