I'm also an AP (Amateur Photographer) reader and was shocked to see this
move by Ken Livingston. If this goes on unchecked photographers everywhere
will be regarded with suspicion and it is unfortunately inevitable that
someone with a camera will get attack by a paranoid parent. I already shy
away from taking photographs in areas which children use after the looks i
received from parents.
Perhaps the most shocking thing is that Mayor Livingston did not consult any
photography groups!
Jon
>From: D F J Wood <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: D F J Wood <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Guilty photographers?
>Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:04:19 +0100
>
>Especially considering that there are 1 million+ CCTV cameras (both
>state and private) watching Londoners of all ages, many of whose
>operatives are entirely unchecked and unlicensed, this is particularly
>ludicrous...
>
>David.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
> >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of jon litho
> >Sent: 14 June 2005 10:46
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Guilty photographers?
> >
> >
> >Ken Livingston does it again:
> >
> >Photographers face a fresh crackdown on their right to take
> >pictures in
> >public as a result of new measures designed to clampdown on
> >paedophiles.
> >
> >London Mayor Ken Livingston - in co-operation with the
> >metropolitan Police-
> >has warned parents to vigilant about strangers taking pictures
> >of children
> >using digital cameras and camera phones in London's parks and
> >other public
> >areas.
> >
> >The mayors office told us that it plans to erect warning signs in the
> >Greater London Authority-owned property. This includes
> >Trafalgar Square.
> >
> >AP has learnt that Livingston also wants to put up signs
> >elsewhere in London
> >after discussing this with councils and private landowners.
> >
> >For more on this highly controversial move, read next weeks AP
> >news (11
> >June).
> >
> >--
> >
> >I know what i think about this move, it's absolutely
> >ridiculous. What does
> >the list think?
> >
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