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Another Victory in the UK War on Photography

Posted by: Chris Garrett in Photo News

Street photography is safe and legal in a public, outdoor space in the UK, right? Right? Um … check out this tale of brave and intelligent security guarding on Flickr

Two security guards from the nearby shopping center THE MALL came running over, we were surrounded by six hostile and aggressive security guards. They then said photographing shops was illegal and this was private land. I was angry at being grabbed by this man so i pushed him away, one of the men wearing a BARGAIN MADNESS shirt twisted my arm violently behind my back, i winced in pain and could hardly breathe in agony.
A policewomen was radioed and came over to question the two suspects ( the total detaining us had risen to seven, a large crowd had now gathered)

I for one am proud of our brave security goons officers for their ignorance vigilance in abusing protecting our citizens from the horrors of photography.

Read the full horror on the flickr page, and see what one of these asshat security dudes looks like.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm and is filed under Photo News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Another Victory in the UK War on Photography”

  1. Dave Roth says:
    April 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    I’m glad this story is getting the traction it deserves. Thanks for sharing it.

  2. WASD says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 9:14 am

    Cann’t say that this case is unique. This happens not only in UK, but happened to me personally and in Italy and France, both in Russia and in Ukraine. Once you move beyond the standard tourist sites and want to take photographs - wait troubles :(

  3. Will says:
    May 26th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    Here’s a printable copy of a letter received by one photog when he wrote to his MP and they in turn wrote to the Home Office.

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