via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2009/12/flickr-begins-censoring-content-in-india.html
Category: Access & Censorship
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Letters: A picture of privatised streets and plain-clothes police
Letters: A picture of privatised streets and plain-clothes police
Letters: I was stopped and searched twice near London City airport – for watercolouring
via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/18/cities-photography-police-painting-liberties
I was stopped and searched twice near London City airport – for watercolouring! I was not even facing the airport. I was painting the Tate and Lyle sugar factory opposite. They said they saw me on a camera and thought that “no one would want to paint a factory”. I explained that LS Lowry did loads. Then they said I could be an anarchist and I was carrying “suspicious paraphernalia” – this being a flask of coffee and an iPod. Oh, and a box of watercolours.
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Flying With Camera Gear Post 25 Dec, 2009
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.
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Happy Martin Luther King Day, I Wish Photos Were Allowed at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis | Thomas Hawk Digital Connection
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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Starbucks Tries Social Media on Flickr, Fails, Locks Down All Discussion Threads to Silence Their Critics | Thomas Hawk
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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Mall security guard accuses shopper of being a paedophile for photographing his own son Boing Boing
Outside of the mall, Kevin was stopped by a police constable who had received a complaint from mall security that a suspicious potential paedophile had been taking pictures on its premises. The PC threatened to arrest Kevin “for creating a public disturbance” and ordered him to delete the photo of his son.
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No Handouts : CJR
No Handouts
White House photographers bridle at restricted access
via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/no_handouts.php
The Obama administration has barred independent photographers from a wide variety of events both potentially controversial and anodyne, ranging from yesterday’s abortion order signing, to the president’s meeting with the Dalai Lama, to his retaking of the flubbed oath of office, to bill signing ceremonies honoring female pilots in World War Two and promoting foreign travel to the United States.
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Police in Bangladesh Close Photo Exhibit – Lens
Police in Bangladesh Close Photo Exhibit
Shahidul Alam had hoped his exhibit on extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh would provoke a reaction. As David Gonzalez reports, it did.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/behind-39/
Shahidul Alam had hoped his “Crossfire” exhibit on extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh would “shock people out of their comfort zone’ and provoke a response.
He got his wish.
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Police raid offices of JMU's paper, seize 900 photos | Richmond Times-Dispatch
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 -
Lantern photographer cuffed, detained
When two cows got loose last Wednesday, Lantern photographer Alex Kotran hustled to his room in Lincoln Tower. He had heard about the commotion, grabbed his professional camera gear and ran to the athletic fields next to Lincoln Tower.
Within two hours, Ohio State Police had caught the cows – and Kotran. He was detained, handcuffed and is facing a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespass. -
The Oil Spill Story Finally Hits Home
Associated Press photographer Charlie Riedel’s up-close images of brown pelicans soaked in oil finally brought home the effects of the Gulf oil spill catastrophe last week. They showed scenes that photographers have had much difficulty documenting, not only because of the location of the spill, but because BP and government officials have worked to keep the spill’s consequences out of sight—and out of mind.
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New Rule Blocks Press From Covering Spill
Obama admin bans press from filming BP oil spill areas in the Gulf
CNN’s Anderson Cooper discusses how the Obama administration is limiting access by the media to areas affected by the BP Macondo well spill.
via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/WpJBsjKhRTo&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0
A new rule went into effect last Thursday that bars journalists, reporters and photographers from getting within 65 feet of the oil-soaked beaches, wildlife and booms in the Louisiana Gulf.
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Home Office reviews photography rights in anti-terror law rewrite – British Journal of Photography
A new camcorder from Sony lets movie-makers use SLR lenses to shoot pro-level footage for just $2,000. The NEX-VG10 uses the same APS-C sensor as the NEX mirrorless line-up, and also uses their E lens-mount, Sony’s equivalent of the compact micro-four-thirds format. With an adapter, you can also use any of Sony’s Alpha mount lenses.
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Commentary: For reporters, the rules at Guantanamo change daily | McClatchy
Guantanamo’s Camp Justice is a place where you can sit at your laptop or by your phone only if there’s a member of the military within earshot.
It’s a place where you can go to court only in the custody of a military public affairs officer. Inside, if there’s only one escort — this happened recently — and somebody has to go to the bathroom, every reporter has to leave court, too.
It’s a place where a soldier stands over your shoulder, looks in your viewfinder and says ‘Don’t take that picture, I’ll delete it.’