Comments on: BBC Article on More Photographer Harassment

By: Photography & Writing, Professional & Personal » Don’t Shoot, I’m a Shooter

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:13:37 +0000

[...] BBC News Magazine story about increasing harassment of photographers in Britain. (Tip from Thomas Hawk, who’s been all over this issue.) Quote from the story: “It’s a sad state of [...]

By: Anthony Citrano

Anthony Citrano — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:59:00 +0000

Hey Thomas (and everyone,)

You’ll remember my story from last spring in San Antonio –

http://www.cosmictap.com/an-accidental-interview-with-lieutenant-phil-dreyer/

Which you kindly linked to and covered. I found it funny that I had traveled through a dozen countries and the only time I got hassled was in the “land of the free.”

And to prolific – I find your exchange with the Met odd. So, they were just checking to see if you’d tell them you were a terrorist?

Anyway Thomas, thanks for not letting this die. Keep up the good fight.

-a

By: Gary W. Thom

Gary W. Thom — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:57:00 +0000

This is getting silly, looks like I need to print out and laminate the laws governing photography, for the police!

By: prolificprogrammer.com

prolificprogrammer.com — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:29:00 +0000

I remember the Met asking me why I was taking a picture of the Charlie Chaplain statue by Leicester Square in London over Christmas. I told them that I was a tourist and we don’t have a charlie chaplain statue where I’m from. They were friendly and didn’t strike me as intimidating at all.