On 7/2/05, D. Glenn Arthur Jr., discombobulated, unleashed: >I'm behind on my list reading so I don't know whether this has >already been discussed, but just in case it hasn't ... : > ><http://newurbanist.blogspot.com/2005/01/copyrighting-of-public-space.html> > > "The Reader recounts the experience of photojournalist > Warren Wimmer's attempts to photograph Anish Kapoor's > sculpture, Cloud Gate (more commonly known as 'the Bean'). > When Wimmer set up his tripod and camera to shoot the > sculpture, security guards stopped him, demanding that > they show him a permit. Wimmer protested, replying that > it's absurd that one needs to pay for a permit to > photograph public art in a city-owned park." > >The explanation (they're protecting the _artist's_ copyright) makes >some sense to me as well, but the "guards will stop you if you try >to take photos in public" aspect still feels ... troublingly odd.
In London I have been stopped from filming in city parks by attendants proclaiming that I needed permission to film on the private property of [such-n-such] park etc etc. I aplogise for not contacting their press and public relations person, and promptly move 25 feet away out of the gate onto the street, where I set up my tripod and continue filming. Now when they accost me and tell me not to film, I inform them that they are now in 'my office' and to go away. They say they will call the police and I offer the use of my phone. I haven't been arrested. The photographer referred to above was daft to set up his tripod - if he's shot hand-held, nobody would have batted an eyelid. get away with what you can - publish and be damned! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
