From: pete (temperaprint@blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 09/16/02-06:21:53 PM Z
A well written reply ! we do all live in a very dangerous world, and our
very specific needs as photo-artists do not always serve the common good or
what is perceived as the common good Whether we like or we don't.
Pete
> 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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