Thomas Hawk gets into “trouble” again…
He asks me if I *really* want him to call the police. Again, I answer nicely, yes. At this point he goes back inside. I go around to shoot the other side of the building and his boss comes out and he’s pissed. You’re not allowed to photograph this building he says. “Says who,” I say. “Says me, I’m the owner,” he says, you’re on my property.”
I like Thomas. Not only does he take great pictures but he’s also clever. And standing up to this “post 9-11″ scare stupidness is important. So because of 9-11 people should not be allowed to take photographs of buildings? Of course not.
But. What the hell? Post 9/11? What’s that supposed to mean? Let’s see, ok, so I’ve got photos of a building. Yep, there’s the door, yep, guess what, it’s got glass windows. Wouldn’t want those top secret photos of the building’s revolving doors to get out there now. Just imagine the strategic advantage that that door shot would give a terrorist! He could, well, he’d know how to get into the building for pete’s sake.
It’s just stupid. I’m tired of dealing with security at almost every single building that I shoot. News Flash! Photographing architecture is NOT a crime. It’s not illegal!
Read the whole post at Thomashawk.com.
Flickr group
And Thomas: I made a a new Flickr group for pictures like that. Not pictures about getting the finger in general. But pictures that got you in trouble beacuse someone “invented” new rules “post 9-11″.
Your rights
I’ve tried to collect some links to photography laws around the world here.
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