May 18, 2026
Use a DSLR in a railway station, you get questioned. Use a smartphone, you’re ignored. Why?
Widely published street photographer Chris Porsz questions why he gets more grief using his DSLR than he does with his phone
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Photographers’ rights
About Amateur Photographer Rights Watch
Amateur Photographer magazine reports and campaigns on photographer’s rights. We have been invited a number of times to the Home Office to advice on photographers concerns.
If you have being stopped whilst taking photos, or want to share the images you were taking when stopped, send us your story. We are dedicated to defending photographers rights, reporting and campaigning against injustices and areas of concern.
Photographer rights news:
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March 31, 2022
Goldsmith v Warhol: the incredible story of a US Supreme Court photo copyright battle
A copyright dispute between photographer Lynn Goldsmith and the estate of Andy Warhol, over use of Goldsmith’s images of the music superstar Prince, will be heard by the US Supreme Court
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March 15, 2022
Rap superstar Snoop Dogg wades into photo copyright row (NSFW)
Rap superstar Snoop Dogg has blasted photographer Al Pereira for filing a federal lawsuit against fellow rapper Nas, who used a 1993 photograph by Pereira without permission
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June 23, 2015
Taylor Swift responds to photographer accusing her of ‘rights grab’
An open letter from photographer Jason Sheldon to Taylor Swift protesting that she does not offer photographers a fair deal has prompted a response from her management
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January 7, 2015
Street photographers fear children pictures ban
The Royal Photographic Society has joined the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in condemning a campaign they fear will lead to a draconian ban on publishing photographs of children without parental consent. The organisations warn…
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November 25, 2014
Photographers slam Flickr move to profit from images
Photographers have hit out at Flickr after the image sharing website began selling images that are available for use under a Creative Commons license, for profit.
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November 3, 2014
Security guards may quiz photographers on ‘public’ land
AP INVESTIGATES – Photographers can expect to be quizzed by private security even if they take photographs while standing on public land, warns a shopping mall at the centre of a rights storm.
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October 30, 2014
Photographers protest over shopping centre terrorism stop
Photographers have staged a protest outside a Hull shopping centre after a security guard stopped a man taking pictures there last week amid apparent terrorism fears.
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October 27, 2014
Photographer’s ‘Isis’ terror stop ‘ridiculous’, says Austin Mitchell MP
Fears of a Mumbai-style terror attack in the UK must not interfere with photographers' rights to take pictures in public places, says long-time rights campaigner Austin Mitchell MP.
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October 21, 2014
Manchester drone arrest: What are the aviation rules?
Police say a man arrested after a drone was flown over a Manchester football stadium on Saturday could have injured spectators, and had breached aviation rules.