johnnygoesdigital
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Re: Technical Camera Images
We as photographers have to be respectful too. On an editorial assignment for a magazine covering the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, I decided to put my camera down when I observed that it was upsetting a woman whose home was carried away by the flood. Sometimes taking these images is a privilege and not always a right. In most cases, simply asking permission gets you lots of access. Besides, if you publish them you need a release for anything recognizable, anyway.
I agree that making a photographer delete images is extreme, and I never had that experience, but there is a hyper sensitivity in these metro areas. NYC has many amazing angles, and many do photograph NY's scenery, such as the Brooklyn Bridge with no issues. To those who are not familiar with NYC, some are very sensitive to this, as many would be terrorists have indeed been caught with photos/videos of NYC landmarks, so again, i'm not surprised by the tank farm security response considering its location.Stopped, yes. Forced to delete photos? Definitely not! That's what's crossing the line. Who's to say what a photographer might find interesting? Something called presumption of innocence seems to have been lost somewhere along the way with this 'war on terror' business.
We as photographers have to be respectful too. On an editorial assignment for a magazine covering the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, I decided to put my camera down when I observed that it was upsetting a woman whose home was carried away by the flood. Sometimes taking these images is a privilege and not always a right. In most cases, simply asking permission gets you lots of access. Besides, if you publish them you need a release for anything recognizable, anyway.