Due to the overwhelming response to the 2008 Photographers’ Rights Rally in Los Angeles, CA, The National Photographers’ Rights Organization (NPRO) officially declared June 1st National Photographers’ Rights Day in the United States.
To take action in your city, please click the below link to sign up for an event. Or better yet, take action yourself, and organize a rally of your own.
And around the world!
C’mon folks – take a leap and sign up as host for an event in your community, even if you don’t have a location yet.
I’ll sign up- I’m tired of the Police harassing photographers- I got stop by the Utah state University (Utah) police because I was taking pictures.
Just wanted to let you know that yesterday later in the afternoon I attempted to take a few more photos on the train platform at Union Station and was told I was not allowed to do this by a Metrolink guy.
We walked down to the sheriff deputies and talked to them and they didn’t seem to know 100% the exact rule but the metrolink guy was telling them it was not allowed so they basically said that I could be arrested for trespassing if I took a photo on the platform.
I told them all about the Photographer’s Rights Rally that occured earlier in the afternoon but they still maintained it was not allowed.
Not in the mood to get detained I took down the name of the Metrolink employee and went on taking pictures elsewhere.
So what exactly is the “rule” in regards to photography on the train platforms? I don’t think it is “illegal” but is the company allowed to ask you to leave?
thanks,
evan
So you can be asked to leave any private property for any reason. If you don’t then you can be trespassed, which is arrestable. It gets sticky when it’s a “public private place” because even though it’s private property, it’s still open to the public.
A good question to ask the police is “what law am I breaking”, if they don’t know, they probably won’t arrest you.
I also got harassed about an hour after the meetup, I’ll have story and photos and video! in a couple hours.
Here’s my final story with photos and video:
http://quickwired.com/stories/20080601_photo_harassed/
http://framingtheworld.com/videos/documentaryvideos.html
Paul Wittenberger
http://www.framingtheworld.com