Privacy issues - Your thoughts?

[kevin99989]

This is a photo of a man (probably homeless) on our downtown Eastside. It made me feel sad, as in the past, i have seen a lot of this when i have volunteered for number of missions organizations to feed (cooking and serving), and offer connections to housing and detox.

In my current organization, I may be involved in helping to make students more aware of the homeless situation in our city, as there are opportunities for our students to go out regularly to serve in one of the local soup kitchens regularly.

I took this photo without this man's permission. If I use these in the future, I do intend to ask them first, but in some cases, I may not always know where to find the person again if I take the shot while I'm quickly passing by on the street.


A few questions:
- I do not intend to make any kind of profit from these kind of photos. Is it still an invasion of privacy to publish them on a website, or Facebook?
- I see these kind of pics on the newpapers? Are reporters (who make profit) required to get a "model release" form from persons living on the street?