2257 does this picture need ID and release
 

Not to my understanding, it's considered "artistic" and not sexually explicit.

However I'm no lawyer and certainly not a religious zealot of the DOJ, so it may be best to have those doc's if/when possible anyway.

Don't confuse model releases with 2257 info. A model release is to protect you from the model. If done correctly the model release, and the 2257 information she fills out are on different contracts, so you don't file them together.

But to answer your question... I'm no lawyer, but my lawyer just told me a photo almost like that was not in any way shape or form covered by 2257. If you're producing it, like always get it all anyway, but you don't need it.

the applicable definition is found in the United States Code:
"sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital,
or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; bestiality; masturbation; sadistic or masochistic abuse; or lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person" (18 U.S.C. 2256).

lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person ?? I'll say no :upsidedow

I would like to stop and smell the flowers.

yes :thumbsup

Thanks a lot guys...I apreciate that..