Posts tagged Photographers Rights
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Afternoon links: The Park Service’s party Line
More from the front Line; We’ll get to it one day, maybe; Is it just the National Paving Service?; DHS settles photography suit; Development approvals not stopping; Wal-Mart wants less parking; Latest round of the Height Limit debate. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What a mess
Seat hogs rejoice; Murder is sooo 1991; As the crow flew; Stay right for cars; Cities of God and man; Atlanta express buses face shutdown; Fare hikes and the federal benefit; Third time’s the charm. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Freedom
Car for the blind?; Banned for life for following the law; News flash: Near SE still in recession like everywhere else; Jail time needed for cycle assault?; Scratch one circular driveway; Why free weekend parking on Metro?; Need bike racks at the pool; Traffic bad, so…. Keep reading…
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A greater city is unafraid of citizens with point-and-shoot cameras
As you have hopefully heard by now, the wonderful Artomatic is taking place at 55 M Street, SE. The event is free, though donations are welcome. The nine-floor art festival is open Wednesdays through Sundays until July 5 and includes everything from Peeps diorama finalists to body paint shows. Keep reading…
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US DOT HQ security: No photos allowed, because I said so
If you thought insane no-photography policies were taken care of after last summer’s Union Station debacle, think again. On Sunday, around 6:30 pm, I stopped on M Street SE to photograph two of the transportation-inspired public art installations that surround the US DOT headquarters. I was taking a photograph of an installation of vintage bicycles when a security guard… Keep reading…
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Norton berates Union Station reps over photography, intermodal plans
Eleanor Holmes Norton is not especially happy with the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, the nonprofit entity created by Congress to oversee the station (and which, in turn, contracts with private entities to operate the station). It’s not only the overreacting to photography. Norton feels USRC hasn’t taken advantage of opportunities to make Union Station… Keep reading…
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Union Station latest photo flashpoint
The conflict between photographers and overzealous security guards has reached great heights, both of comedy and now power, as Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton jumps into the issue. Keep reading…