Photography & Drones — Argentina
What travelers need to know about photography & drones in Argentina. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.
Photography & Drones in Argentina: restricted — there are real limits travelers must follow.
In Argentina you need a person's consent to capture or reproduce their image or their voice, by whatever means you do it. That is the rule in art. 53 of the Civil and Commercial Code, and it allows only three exceptions: the person is taking part in a public event; there is an overriding scientific, cultural or educational interest and sufficient precautions are taken to avoid unnecessary harm; or it is the regular exercise of the right to report on events of general interest. For a person who has died, their heirs or the person they named in a last will may give the consent, and twenty years after the death non-offensive reproduction is free.
§ InfoLEG, Ministerio de Justicia (Argentina) — Código Civil y Comercial de la Nación (Ley 26.994), texto actualizado, art. 53 (Derecho a la imagen); the consolidated text is word-for-word identical to the text published at argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/ley-26994-235975/textoVerified Oct 6, 2026