Comment Re:Ramifications (Score 1) 334
There is absolutely explicit consent given when the image is created. Unless the party is claiming they didn't consent at the time, consent was given.
Usage rights are not the same thing as ownership and copyright.
However, personal private usage rights to any photograph a photographer creates is always a given, regardless of any other usage rights. The photographer has a right to keep that in his personal collection. He may not be allowed to display it publicly, use it commercially, or even hang it in his house, but having the image sitting on a hard drive is absolutely within his rights.
Unless the subject has a written "work for hire" contract in most jurisdictions, the photographs are copyright and owned by the photographer. Changing your mind later because of a personal relationship doesn't somehow trump hundreds of years of law surrounding art.