Comments on: Photography in Public Places? http://www.limn.org.uk/2008/10/photography-in-public-places/ Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:13:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andy S http://www.limn.org.uk/2008/10/photography-in-public-places/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Andy S Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:04:07 +0000 http://www.limn.org.uk/2008/10/photography-in-public-places/#comment-493 I may be misreading the BBC article, but it sounds like the woman was outside vomiting on the pavement after too much to drink, and got annoyed that her picture was taken. It could probably equally be phrased in the photographer's favour, ala Daily Mail - "Aggressive drunk caught on camera, vigilant photographer harassed by police" (especially if it was the Pole drinking and the local taking pictures??) Drunk people throwing up outside pubs, while it may look bad to their next employers, are hardly an unusual sight in major cities. Maybe if she doesn't want people seeing her throw up, she shouldn't be drinking so much? I've read a fair bit about photographer's rights too (for obvious reasons) and this seems to go against everything I've read - photographs of public acts, taken from a public space, should rarely be seen as controversial. I may be misreading the BBC article, but it sounds like the woman was outside vomiting on the pavement after too much to drink, and got annoyed that her picture was taken. It could probably equally be phrased in the photographer’s favour, ala Daily Mail – “Aggressive drunk caught on camera, vigilant photographer harassed by police” (especially if it was the Pole drinking and the local taking pictures??)

Drunk people throwing up outside pubs, while it may look bad to their next employers, are hardly an unusual sight in major cities. Maybe if she doesn’t want people seeing her throw up, she shouldn’t be drinking so much? I’ve read a fair bit about photographer’s rights too (for obvious reasons) and this seems to go against everything I’ve read – photographs of public acts, taken from a public space, should rarely be seen as controversial.

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