From: Marco Milazzo (mmilazz1@elp.rr.com)
Date: 09/16/02-04:10:07 PM Z
I'm no attorney, (and I don't play one on TV), but I imagine that there are
as many answers to your question as situations we can dream up. As I
understand it, you can IN GENERAL, legally photograph from a public place
such as a sidewalk. But that doesn't give you carte blanche. There are
competing issues of safety, security and privacy.
Can you photograph the nuclear power plant from the sidewalk? I doubt it,
because a reasonable case could be made against it based on public safety.
I would say that always trumps your "rights."
But you MIGHT be able to photograph the nuclear plant from an even better
position than the sidewalk if you went to the administration and said "I'm a
photographer. Here's my credentials. I'd like to shoot for two hours on
"X" date, and I'll use the pictures in this way. . ."
Look, photography may be the most important thing in OUR lives, but if we
ran the nuclear plant (or whatever) it would be WAY down our list of
priorities. Before we call them Fascist Pigs, let's try to und work with
them, not organize against them.
Besides technical skill and creativity, photography has always required the
ability to "manage" people. It was probably the same for Matthew Brady,
Atget, Weegee or anyone else you can name.
Marco
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannon Stoney" <sstoney@pdq.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: re: news article concerning photographing in public spaces
> One thing I've been wondering is: is it legal to stop somebody from
> photographing in a public place?
>
> --shannon
>
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