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We’re photographers, not terrorists | Marc Vallée

Marc Vallée: Society’s visual history is under threat of extinction. The government must scrap section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000

via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/dec/11/photographers-section-44-terrorism-act

Henri Cartier-Bresson, the master of street photography, once said: “To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life.” This way of life is under threat in modern Britain. Across the country, anyone with a camera in a public place is at risk of being targeted as a potential terrorist by the state.