Have you ever been asked after breaking up if you still have “those photos”?!

[Speedster]

Originally Posted by josephadam

I’ve taken pictures of as many partners that were willing over the last 28 years and I kept them on a thumb drive for safe keeping. Most have never inquired but a few have messaged me or asked me in person years later “you don’t still have those naked pictures you took of me do you?!” I always enjoyed those moments where I say that I absolutely still have those photos. They usually blush and make a comment about how I need to delete those. And I always tell them that no ones seen them but me, and I have no intentions of deleting them because they’re my keepsakes. Something about them knowing I still have them has always been a turn on for me

I have been taking semi-nude and nude photos of my girlfriends (and my wife) since the early 1980s. I have been interested in photography since around 1976 or 1977.

If you take the photo(s) and the subject doesn't have a problem with it at the time of the photo(s), the photo(s) belong to the photographer... Period. You are not required to delete them.

That being said, the model has to have been of legal age at the time of the photos, and they have to be sober.

You could have them sign a release form at the time, but it's not necessary if you are intimate with the model.

Now, if you make those photos public, you might have a problem without a model release form. Especially if they were only intended for your eyes. This is where a lot of the old one-step Polorid photos fall. It's sort of a gray area. Most of those were never intended to be shown outside of the people involved and a few close friends.

If you are taking photos of a paid model, always have them sign a release form. They will expect it anyway.

Again, you are not required to delete old photos that you have personally taken. Especially if they are in your private collection.