Ιncreasing concerns about terrorism, paedophilia, health and safety, personal privacy and plain old paranoia about pretty much anything Her Majesty’s subjects get up to has resulted in a deep mistrust of photographers.Police routinely invoke anti-terror legislation to prevent photographers from carrying out their work, and photojournalists are constantly filmed at public gatherings and their details kept on an ever-growing database. Tourists, particularly foreign tourists, are also targeted by police, as was the case with an Austrian father and son recently who made the mistake of photographing a building of an extremely sensitive nature—Walthamstow bus station.
Put simply, Britain has become a no-photo zone, and so if you fail to comply, you may find yourself liable to attack, arrest or harassment. Recognising that Britain is not the only country where such a draconian anti-photographer culture is developing, the British Journal of Photography is beginning an international visual campaign to raise awareness.
http://www.bjp-online.com/
Over the next year we hope to gather thousands of self-portraits of
photographers-professional and amateur from around the world,
each holding up a white card with the words, Not a crime or I am not a terrorist .
BJP's investigates the use of Section 44 across the UK. After filling 46 Freedom of Information Act requests, the results are in, and the pictures is bleak. Virtually everywhere, photographers could be stopped under the powers granted by the Terrorism Act. Find out if you can be targeted in your county here
To read our full report click here
http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=868495
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