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A friend of mine has just been on holiday in the United States.
While there, she attempted to take a picture of an impressive sky
scraper from the side-walk in a busy city street. While setting up the
shot, she was surrounded by armed goons (who had poured out of the
building), and forced not to take the photo. She was told it was
illegal to take such a photo.
What are the laws with photography in the United States?
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A friend of mine has just been on holiday in the United States.
While there, she attempted to take a picture of an impressive sky
scraper from the side-walk in a busy city street. While setting up the
shot, she was surrounded by armed goons (who had poured out of the
building), and forced not to take the photo. She was told it was
illegal to take such a photo.
What are the laws with photography in the United States?
None, but there are against taking pictures of secure government places.
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:57:10 -0600, "blue_velvet" <no_spam@aol.com>
wrote:
A friend of mine has just been on holiday in the United States.
While there, she attempted to take a picture of an impressive sky
scraper from the side-walk in a busy city street. While setting up the
shot, she was surrounded by armed goons (who had poured out of the
building), and forced not to take the photo. She was told it was
illegal to take such a photo.
What are the laws with photography in the United States?
What building was it?
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Bob Stock wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:57:10 -0600, "blue_velvet" <no_spam@aol.com>
wrote:
What building was it?
Don't know, it was unmarked but very tall, it was in the city centre of
Denver.
She just thought the way the light from the sky reflected off the large
high windows looked cool.
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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:14:30 -0600, "blue_velvet" <no_spam@aol.com>
wrote:
Bob Stock wrote:
Don't know, it was unmarked but very tall, it was in the city centre of
Denver.
She just thought the way the light from the sky reflected off the large
high windows looked cool.
If you search on the web, you'll find isolated reports of people
getting in trouble for taking photographs of buildings. I haven't
seen any indication that they are in fact breaking any law, just that
they are being hassled for taking the photograph and sometimes told
they are breaking the law.
Here's one example:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2007/07/secret_buildings_you_may_not_p.html
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Bob Stock wrote:
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:14:30 -0600, "blue_velvet" <no_spam@aol.com>
wrote:
If you search on the web, you'll find isolated reports of people
getting in trouble for taking photographs of buildings. I haven't
seen any indication that they are in fact breaking any law, just that
they are being hassled for taking the photograph and sometimes told
they are breaking the law.
Here's one example:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2007/07/secret_buildings_you_
may_not_p.html
Thanks, very interesting.
When I visited the Soviet Union (prior to 1991), the KGB were helpful
in explaining to visitors (when they entered the country) what they
could and could not photograph.
It would be helpful if the U.S. authorities also explained these things
to visitors when they entered the US?
(the US is a scary enough place to visit as it is, knowing that you
could be detained indefinitely without trial in a concentration camp at
any time, with the only consolation being that the climate in Cuba is a
little more pleasant than Siberia)
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On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:54:19 -0600, "blue_velvet" <no_spam@aol.com>
wrote:
When I visited the Soviet Union (prior to 1991), the KGB were helpful
in explaining to visitors (when they entered the country) what they
could and could not photograph.
It would be helpful if the U.S. authorities also explained these things
to visitors when they entered the US?
(the US is a scary enough place to visit as it is, knowing that you
could be detained indefinitely without trial in a concentration camp at
any time, with the only consolation being that the climate in Cuba is a
little more pleasant than Siberia)
That's very funny - on many different levels.
Not sure where you're from, but look on the bright side. When
American law enforcement confiscates your camera, the weak dollar
should permit you to buy another without even making a dent in your
vacation budget. :-)
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Bob Stock wrote:
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:54:19 -0600, "blue_velvet" <no_spam@aol.com>
wrote:
That's very funny - on many different levels.
Not sure where you're from, but look on the bright side. When
American law enforcement confiscates your camera, the weak dollar
should permit you to buy another without even making a dent in your
vacation budget. :-)
LOL
Interestingly, although my friend was unable to photograph the sky
scrapers in Denver city centre, she had earlier managed to photograph
some nuclear missiles at the Atomic Weapons museum in New Mexico and
also had some nice shots of NORAD / Shire Mountain (which was clearly
shown as a "place of interest" on a tourist visitor leaflet).
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