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Anyone here been asked to move on when taking Photographs..


It seems to me happening more and more..


I was asked to move on taking Photographs a couple of years back in Borough Market early evening summer time..

despite dozens of others also taking photographs.


I was using Profesional Nikon Equipment but only with a Short Lens..


A Market Warden approached me and told me I must move on.


Evidently, as I was standing still whilst I took my picture I was causing an obstuction.


Foxed Fox

DulwichFox

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There are Tens of Thousands of Historic Photos in archives of London and likewise anywhere.


Many of these were taken by Amature Photographers.


These pictures are an invaluable source of History and Education.


If we are to be told we cannot take photos of our streets and buildings, in 50 , 100 years time,

there will be no historic records of our Towns and Cities as they are today.


This will be a great loss, and a very sad situation.


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El Pibe

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You only have to look at something like flickr to realise this is most assuredly not a problem, seperating the wheat from the chaff is more of an issue.


Jumped up little power freaks do seem to spend far too much effort bothering photographers though.


Mind you if you look at the lynch mobs that form on this forum if someone so much as dares to take a photograph at a fete, you can see this is a wider problem than PCSOs and security guards.

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I stick up photos of my kids on Facebook, I know quite a few people who are scared of doing this or certainly say they'd 'never' do this (which is bizzarre to me)....but I've also stuck up photos of their parties including their friends, and I feel I'm on less clear cut grounds there...oooh it's a minefield
the-e-dealer

the-e-dealer

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We got told to remove Photos of our son on School trip by the Headmaster- He thought it was ridiculous but had to go along with this ban on photos. I can imagine History books in the Year 3000. In Iran the Taliban Banned Kites and Music. And here are the blank pages where photos of Life in Britain would have been in the 90's and 2010's that were also banned by the Taliban.
ianr

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I've answered my own questions by going to http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/page/3050/The-Governance-of-Borough-Market .


At least it's open and transparent enough for you to find someone there, staff or trustee, to address any complaint or observation to.

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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ianr Wrote:

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> > A Market Warden approached me and told me I must

> move on.

>

> > Evidently, as I was standing still whilst I took

> my picture I was causing an obstuction.

>

> He didn't ask you to stop photographing.

>

> Is the market privately owned?



I was actually standing on the pavement of a through road (public road )Opposite the Market Porter Pub

Where dozens of people stand outside drinking.


Other people with Phone cameras and 'Tourists' ?? with small cameras were not aproached.


Give a Dick a Flat Cap and there you go...


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maxxi

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When I was at college there was an R.O.F. factory nearby and canny art students would shoot an expensive roll of film - all but one or two frames - then stand in the open pretending to photograph the fields near this factory. Eventually police would turn up, insist on taking and developing the film to make sure there was no espionage/terrorism going on then return results to the student - free.


Better than Boots.

PeckhamRose

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Look up British Journal of Photography website.

MrPR has been keeping up to date on this and got himself on the front page of the Telegraph a year ago when there was a flash mob (yes, see what I did?!) in Trafalgar Square with everyone wearing badges saying "Photographer Not Terrorist". There is a lot of publicity about the laws so don't panic!

Huguenot

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Fuss over nothing.


The LU has no problem with people carrying cameras and taking photos in the station.


The original idea was to stop people setting up a photo studio in a confined space, which is understandable.


It's a tragic reflection of Bob Crow that he has enabled stupid, aggressive and destructive employees with bad attitudes to keep their jobs.


This sign is nothing but a reflection of that problem.


I worked with the LU, frequently at Aldwych for 9 years.

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