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London's Metropolitan Police Launches Anti Photography Propaganda Campaign
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In what I can only view as troubling and a move surely to invite more backlash against photographers, London's Metropolitan police has launched a new counter-terrorism PR campaign complete with anti-photography propaganda.
The campaign is meant to encourage people to turn in "odd" seeming people that they see taking photographs.
"Thousands of people take photos every day," reads their advertisement being run in London's major newspapers. "What if one of them seems odd?"
Having personally been harassed in the past by the U.S. police while out shooting, I worry that this kind of a campaign will result in even more harassment for photographers going forward. In addition to police harassment, I think that this campaign also sends the wrong message to people about photographers and photography. I think it encourages people to think suspiciously of photographers and to add to the climate of fear associated with photography.
Photography is not a crime. Taking photographs is part of a rich tradition of art, social commentary and historical documentation. I'm very disappointed seeing London's Metropolitan Police decide to take this course of action and worry that this sort of backward thinking will continue to spread the boogeyman myth that photographers and photography are the enemy when they very much are not.
Having people report "odd seeming" photographers will only take important police time away from ways that it could better be spent in really fighting crime and terrorism.
Thanks Nick for this important heads up.
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A View from the Ranch in Argentina and Guest Hosting on This Week in Photography
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Guest Hosting on This Week in Photography - The technique reveal
I was honored to be invited to guest host TWIP on Monday by Frederick Van. There is a live version of the show where perhaps you saw me in video action! If not, now it is available for audio-download. You can get TWIP Episode 115 here. I had a great time - and I thank Joseph, Ron, and Frederick for humoring me... I think I could talk to those guys all day and geek out on photography!
I revealed that video technique which a clever commenter coined "Stuck In Motion". I put ALL the information there on that link. It should tell you everything, in addition to what you hear on the show. The original video posting gathered over 240 comments, speculation, and more. I think it's fantastic how people guessed, poked, and prodded. Experimentation is great!
My friend RC Conception chimed into the chat, and I hijacked his question as an opportunity to talk about HDR not being a fad. Hehe... Anyway, you guys should also check out the great RC on Layers TV if you want to learn some new tricks in the Adobe suite of products.
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I've always heard about how wonderful it is to have a ranch near the wine country in Argentina. But not until I was down there did I really find that out in person. The idea of walking across a ranch during the nether hours of the day and seeing something like this... well... it kind of makes me want to just go ahead and retire down there. All I need is broadband and these kind of vistas... that's the life, eh? I hope I was able to adequately capture the majesty of that place with this photo.
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