Possible New York City subway photo ban
posted on 08. June 2004 at 08:31 AM
NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Police Department have proposed banning all photography on MTA property. This means no photography in subway stations, surrounding areas, subway paths and subway trains. This is partly out of security concerns (fear of terrorism) and partly out of commercial interest (MTA wanting to control its public image). On Sunday there was a flashmob protesting the proposed ban (pics and documentation here).
In addition it seems that New Jersey Transit has already enacted a de facto ban citing super general concerns of all "suspicious activtites". As one person reports:
We were stopped by police for a polite conversation which lasted about an hour, [...] and resulted in us being sent on our way after both of us agreed to delete (and, of course, were checked to respect the agreement) ALL pictures from our (digital) cameras. [...] We were stopped because we were taking pictures of SOFT TARGETS.If it weren't so serious, I'd be laughing. But I now I sit here in total disbelief.
I was once in my life stopped by a local security agent and asked to delete pictures I had taken - just outside a China Airlines plane on the airfield of Abu Dhabi Airport. I was kindly informed that taking pictures outside the airport building was not allowed (even though there were no signs prohibiting photography). And ok, on a secured airfield in the Arabian desert, you might actually expect this kind of behaviour. But it's happening in the Land of the Free. What's next? Don't get me thinking.
Related link: Photographer Arrested For Taking Pictures Of Vice President's Hotel
auch schon passiert. vor knapp 15 jahren, in paris (präziser: im vorort creteil) in einem einkaufszentrum (wohlgemerkt in den gängen, nicht in einem laden selber).
und vor 2-3jahren in einem kaufhaus in paris, als ich dort eine ausstellung über asiatische filme photographierte.
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