From: Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T) (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Jun 29 2005 - 19:04:09 PDT
At 9:54 AM -0700 6/27/05, Bridget Irish wrote:
>Cool - thanks so much for this George! I'll keep a copy with each of my
>cameras!
>
>Like Jem mentions in his open letter, I too film when on the road, in the
>city, in-flight and so on - it's an integral part of my image-making process
>- this type of footage makes up the majority of the work I produce
>
>I'm from Washington State and travelled to NYC last Spring and was
>video-taping all over the place, particularly the subways - only later did I
>find out folks aren't allowed to do so...
Actually the NY subway rule drew so much protest that it was never
enacted and is not going to be part of the new subway rules. However,
lots of NY bridges have "No Photography, strictly enforced" signs on
them. Annoying, but if people are going to hassle me for taking
pictures I prefer they be polite and let me know ahead of time.
Also on the NY front, you may be hassled if you use a tripod in
waterfront parks., because they want you to get (and, I assume, pay
for) a film permit
>
>In solidarity,
>Bridget Irish, artist/curator/odd jobs
>
>
>>From: George Robinson <email suppressed>
>>Reply-To: Experimental Film Discussion List <email suppressed>
>>To: email suppressed
>>Subject: Rights of photographers
>>Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:05:08 -0400
>>
>>You might want to pass this along to other photographers as well.
>>And don't think it can't happen, because the Amtrak cops hauled indie
>>filmmaker Jem Cohen off the DC-NY Metroliner a couple of weeks ago for
>>filming the scenery around Baltimore with a beat-up old hand-wound Bolex
>>16mm and turned him over to the geniuses at Homeland InSecurity.
Things must be getting worse -- I travel between NY and Boston
several times a year, and always shoot stills, video, or both from
the train. Nobody has ever hassled me in any way.
>>
>>The Photographer's Right: A Downloadable Flyer
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Created in response to the increase in "confrontations that impair
>> the constitutional right to make images," this document educates
>> photographers about their rights when asked to stop taking photos.
>> Discusses permissible subjects, confiscation of film, and handling
>> confrontations. Also available in Palm format. From a lawyer and
>> author of a legal handbook for photographers.
>>
>>http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
>>
>>Use it in good health,
>>g
>>
>>--
>>
>>
>>What interests me most . . . is. . .
>>the abrasive frictions, the breaks, the
>>discontinuities of readability, the
>>juxtaposition of narrative entities
>>which to some extent run free from an
>>explicit logical articulation.
>>
>> --Roland Barthes
>>
>>
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>
>
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