Photographing Homeless Banned

[tim atherton]

Another warning from Mke Johnstons blog/photo-legal watch...

"Various photography organizations have today announced a serious effort to stamp out gratuitous picturetaking of the homeless.

Germany's OOF, the French BLIC, English PBOG and America's SMAALP have joined similar Japanese organizations and the Chinese government in supporting the ban. Major universities have decided to follow suit. No longer will pictures of homeless people be considered appropriate for MFA programs or in many major fine art programs..." more at:

http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/03/photographing-homeless-banned.html

[BrianShaw]

I suppose the next thing to be banned is women in burkas????

[tim atherton]

"I suppose the next thing to be banned is women in burkas????"

actually slot canyons would be my choice... :-)

[Jack Flesher]

Let me get this straight...

Mapplethorpe's crap gets an NEA grant, yet a quality PJ piece showing one facet of urban blight gets banned?

I just can't seem to keep in step with the current PC paradigms...

[tim atherton]

have your read it Jack...?

[GPS]

Finally someone decided to help the homeless the real way!

[Ralph Barker]

Hmmmm. Sounds like another case-in-the-making for the Supreme Court - at least with respect to the ban in the U.S.

[Ian_5357]

To quote Mike Johnston: "Satire Alert"

[tim atherton]

Ian you spoilsport

But like all satire it has a good dose of truth in it.

As usual JB picked out the most pertinent quote:

"It's harder to take pictures of squirrels."

[paulr]

what if the photographer is homeless too? there will be more of us, so it's going to be an issue.