Category: Access & Censorship

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The photographer Mitch Epstein, thin and professorial with gray hair and glasses, does not exactly cut a menacing figure. When he ducks beneath the dark cloth of his 8-by-10 view camera, the words that come most readily to mind are late Victorian, not potentially violent.

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The U.S. has blocked the release of photos showing clear evidence that the United States is responsible for torture in Iraq and Afghanistan. We think someone with access to the photos should simply leak them on the web, saving tax payers a load of cash and letting people know just what it is our twin occupations are really about. We are calling on anyone who has access to the images to leak them and anyone else to copy this message and post it in order to increase the chance of it reaching anyone who might have access.

via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2009/12/flickr-begins-censoring-content-in-india.html

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It’s my guess that this is the new normal in air travel. Greater scrutiny, longer and slower lines, more hand inspections, and overall just a greater pain in the ass. No one would argue that we don’t need the security, and I’m sure that some very bright people within the TSA and the airlines are working hard to try and minimize hassles for travelers whenever possible. But the plain truth (or plane truth, if you will) is that flying simply isn’t a very enjoyable process any more, and it’s my intention to do as little of it in future as I can. Cars, boats and trains are slower, but hey – I can and should learn to slow-down a bit more.

via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2010/01/happy-martin-luther-king-day-i-wish-photos-were-allowed-at-the-national-civil-rights-museum-in-memphis.html

I was disappointed this morning to learn that the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis (which is housed in the motel building where Dr. King was assassinated at) that I was going to visit this morning does not allow photography.

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1000 and close to 2000 photographers came together in Trafalgar Square

via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2010/01/starbucks-tries-social-media-on-flickr-fails-locks-down-all-discussion-threads-to-silence-their-critics.html

The question about whether or not photography is or is not allowed in Starbucks stores still seems very much in the air, and from the request that photographers now check back with the group in the “months” ahead (after having this issue linger since September of last year) it doesn’t sound like they will be resolving this question anytime soon.

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Commonwealth’s Attorney Marsha L. Garst, armed with a search warrant and accompanied by the officers, showed up unannounced about 10:30 a.m., said Katie Thisdell, editor-in-chief of The Breeze.
“She said if you don’t release all of them, we are prepared to take everything out of this office — all the computers, the cameras, documents, everything,” Thisdell said last night