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These are photos taken over the years of people, things, activities, and local places that we find artistic or interesting. To learn more about street photography, you can download the PDF article "The Photographers Right", by Attorney Bert P. Krages from our Resources page. All photographs here are the intellectual property of Dr. Anthony Jones Boyette (Southern Outer Banks News, Inc.) and may not be printed, distributed, or used without express written permission.

In the US, the protection of free speech is generally interpreted widely, and encompasses art speech, including photography. As such, street photography is exempt from right to privacy claims. For example, the case Nussenzweig v. DiCorcia established that taking, publishing, and selling street photography, including street portraits, is legal even without the consent of the person being portrayed, because photography is protected as free speech and art by the First Amendment.

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