Indian (From india) and photography...?

I work for a school newspaper, we have many Indian students here at the university- most of them coming for our School of Engineering. I've had to take photos for several stories, but every time I take a photo of an Indian woman for a story, she absolutely refuses to allow me to publish the photo. This has become very frustrating. Is this coincidental, or is it a religious or cultural thing that I dont know about?

Ask,,are they Indian or Pakistani?? Pakistani are Muslem and don't usually like to be photographed especially the women..

It may be a Visa issue,,are they there on a student's visa??

DucoNihilum wrote in post #5866684
but every time I take a photo of an Indian woman for a story, she absolutely refuses to allow me to publish the photo.

first thing, you have no right to screw somebody's privacy. explain them why you would like to take their picture and request their permission before you take the picture.

not everyone in the world are same..

There is nothing religious or cultural about it.

Do you ask them to pose in the nude, perhaps?

Vandit

sgogula wrote in post #5871909
first thing, you have no right to screw somebody's privacy. explain them why you would like to take their picture and request their permission before you take the picture.

not everyone in the world are same..

public places are not private, therefore no privacy is being 'screwed'.
fair game.

^ Exactly, a public place where there is "no reasonable expectation of privacy" is fair game. But since the OP is "shooting them for a story" it sounds a bit strange that they all refuse to allow the pictures to be published.

sgogula wrote in post #5871909
first thing, you have no right to screw somebody's privacy. explain them why you would like to take their picture and request their permission before you take the picture.

not everyone in the world are same..

You're rather hostile. Anyways, policy always dictates that I get the name (and thus permission) when shooting people if at all possible, however this has to be done after the photo is already taken, otherwise the shots appear (and are) posed, which isn't at all good for photojournalism.

yogestee wrote in post #5871426
Ask,,are they Indian or Pakistani?? Pakistani are Muslem and don't usually like to be photographed especially the women..

It may be a Visa issue,,are they there on a student's visa??

They might be on a student Visa- most of them were actually from India. It's pretty typical, I would go through my usual routine- the men would give me their names, and their home town (One in India), but the women would refuse for their photo to be published. I respect this, however, it's VERY annoying, especially considering they are not the only people in the photo. They ruin a good photo opportunity.

^Sounds pretty selfish not respecting someone's beliefs. Get over it and move on. Yes it is more than likely a cultural thing and they could be Muslim. Still, deal with it and maybe learn to stop taking photos of them.

Agreed.

_aravena wrote in post #5873347
^Sounds pretty selfish not respecting someone's beliefs. Get over it and move on. Yes it is more than likely a cultural thing and they could be Muslim. Still, deal with it and maybe learn to stop taking photos of them.

Being an indian, i can just tell that it has nothing to do with religion. Not sure about their personal views on putting pics on internet.

Being Indian you would know Indian is not a religion.

Besides, hard to tell if the OP even knows what's really going on or talking about.

i surely understand that indian isnt a religion. I just marked it as a generic remark, that no religion in India prohibits putting pics on internet (if i am not wrong).

If you know more about India, please let me know. May be you'll add some extra knowledge about my own country.

Aravena is a latent Desi.

yogestee wrote in post #5871426
Ask,,are they Indian or Pakistani?? Pakistani are Muslem and don't usually like to be photographed especially the women..

_aravena wrote in post #5873347
Yes it is more than likely a cultural thing and they could be Muslim.

My roommate and many of my friends are Muslim, and they have no problem being photographed.