Sun, March 26th, 2006 by your_waitress
The theme of web legends/photobloggers/publishers Heather Powazek Champ and Derek Powazek's latest JPG Magazine is "Photography is Not a Crime". Issue number 5 begins their second year of publication, and is now available for sale at Lulu. From JPG's website:
The theme, "Photography is Not a Crime," is a rallying cry. It's meant to remind everyone that amateur photographers are the documentarians of real life. We capture our world to help us understand it. We are not a threat.
The issue contains 31 photographer's takes and stories on the theme, NYC subway photography by Edmund Leveckis, Shane Lavalette's Family Portrait Project, an interview with attorney Bert Krages, and a special clip-out Photographer's Right Bust Card.
Our rights as photographers is a topic that is repeatedly being challenged in our everyday encounters and frequently discussed in the photoblogging community. There is currently another example of how relevant this theme is at the NYC Photobloggers website. Hopefully the ongoing discussion and tools such as the current JPG issue will help someone out there know what do to when their rights are challenged.
Thank you Heather, Derek, and all of the inspiring photographers in the issue for addressing this topic head on. Check out the preview at JPG Magazine, and remember that photography is NOT a crime!
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April 24th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
I recently came across a photojournalist's blog who was given an obscene gesture by the hotel security of a San Francisco hotel he was attempting to photograph. Their excuse was that he was violating the security of the building due to post 9/11 measures.
January 9th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Amatuer photography is a pure art form. However,I think alot of people are left with a bad taste in their mouth because of celebrity paparazzi. We see photographers sometimes as trying to steal a candid shot of us and worried it will be used in a malicious way.
December 1st, 2007 at 1:57 am
In Italy people are scared because of paparazzi involved in scandals.
A lot of people all over the world are suspicious about photographer. During my work I was stopped 4 times.
1 by people that were launching molotov bomb against the police, ten bad minutes I gave them my film roll and 3 times by police (the last one Mossad security service) I'm quiet, calm and a lot of my friends are lawyers so I know my rights but the best way is to erase the shots from your cards and to have in your poket your photojournalist card.