OK, so lets start with the basics - yes, of course you can do lots of illegal things with a camera - in much the same way that any of us could go out and do something illegal with a flip-flop, a dustbin or a duck! - but that is not what this is all about - it is about the underlying current of mistrust in people who chose to carry, or use, a camera day to day (y)
We welcome your links, stories, and opinions on the current position for photographers, individuals that are, in the vast majority of cases, not terrorists, perverts, or law breakers - just photographers doing what they enjoy. We would also appreciate it if you would share our page, please pass the word to your facebook friends and contacts, thanks! We would also, of course highlight that we are not ‘anti-police. ‘anti-security’ etc, the vast majority of these individuals are conscientious, honest individuals doing their best to do a good job. What we do object to is those that misuse, misinterpret, or otherwise fail to play by the rules. To regard all those that we come in contact with as ‘evil’ would be like hating all Doctors because of Harold Shipman, or all singers because of Justin Bieber. You can read more about the story behind all this here: https://www.facebook.com/TakingPhotographsIsNotACrime/posts/442615709103576?notif_t=like
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