[videoblogging] New York Times Article on Changing Photography Rules for City
Hey all, Did everyone see today's New York Times article on how the Mayor wants to change photography rules for the city? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/nyregion/29camera.html? _r=1oref=slogin First of all, this is probably one of those laws that will be struck down in court as a First Amendment violation. But apart from a possible rescue by the ACLU or other activists, I'm concerned about photographers in general if these rules are adopted. The new rules are so complex that police could find a way to arrest just about anyone with a camera if they wanted. I'm sure photographers at protests will be targeted, considering how hostile the police were during the RNC convention protests in '04. I'd encourage everyone to all call the mayor complain about these new proposed rules! Here are a couple of numbers: The NYC Mayor's office of film (212) 489-6710 The NYC Mayor's office at (212) 639-9675 Talk show host/documentary filmmaker Alex Jones (the guy who did the film Martial Law on the '04 RNC protests here in NYC) is suggesting that people also call Bloomberg Media at (212) 318-2000. He suspects that Bloomberg wants to give his big media outlets an edge over the independent press, and Jones wants people to complain to Bloomberg's company that the new rules would restrict free speech. Ilana http://www.downtowndiary.com
Re: [videoblogging] New York Times Article on Changing Photography Rules for City
Evil. Government surveillance increases by the minute, but visual journalists, artists, documentarians and citizens lose the right to document the world they live in unless they can a) afford it and b) formalize and plan everything (in order to apply to shoot at some specific time and place and purchase insurance) to the point that spontaneous life cannot be recorded researched, visually commented upon and on and on. The NYC laws on this are ALREADY horrible - this would be a nightmare. To say nothing of the carte blanch police would have regarding anyone documenting a protest, let alone an arrest during everyday life. So very very wrong and dangerous. And as for street photography, its the outlawing of Cartier-Bresson's decisive moment. Brook ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com vlog links are here TRACE GARDEN now available in flash format on Blip! tracegarden.blip.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] New York Times Article on Changing Photography Rules for City
Hi everyone: On 6/29/07, ilanadonna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Did everyone see today's New York Times article on how the Mayor wants to change photography rules for the city? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/nyregion/29camera.html? _r=1oref=slogin First of all, this is probably one of those laws that will be struck down in court as a First Amendment violation. But apart from a possible rescue by the ACLU or other activists, I'm concerned about photographers in general if these rules are adopted. The new rules are so complex that police could find a way to arrest just about anyone with a camera if they wanted. I'm sure photographers at protests will be targeted, considering how hostile the police were during the RNC convention protests in '04. HehI suspect it'll be struck down just for being one of those STUPID laws, many of which are now thankfully outdated. I'd encourage everyone to all call the mayor complain about these new proposed rules! [Phone numbers snipped] I'll keep an eye on this one just in case either Mayor John Hickenlooper or the Denver City Council get any bright ideas of doing something similar for the DNC in '08. Cheers :D -- Pat Cook Denver, Colorado BLOGS PODCASTS - AS MY WACKED OUT WORLD TURNS - http://pchamster.livejournal.com/ PAT'S REAL DEAL VIDEO BLOG - http://patsrealdeal.livejournal.com/ PAT'S HEALTH MEDICAL WONDERS VIDEOCAST - http://patshealthmedicalwondersvideocast.blogspot.com/ YOUTUBE CHANNEL - http://www.youtube.com/amwowttv/ THE PAT COOK SHOW - http://www.livevideo.com/thepcshow THE PAT COOK SHOW (Blogger Page) - http://thepctvshow.blogspot.com/ THE PAT COOK SHOW (Audio Podcast) - http://thepcradioshow.blogspot.com/
