August 1, 2013
Photographers left bewildered by police car stop
Two photographers say their DSLR cameras made them an easy target when police stopped them as they practised their newly learned panning skills on a moving patrol car.
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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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June 5, 2013
Street photographer clashes with police over ‘offensive’ stop
A photographer claims a police officer used offensive remarks and twice stopped him taking pictures of people queuing outside the London Palladium.
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March 15, 2013
Photographers in horse picture rights row (update)
The governing body for British horse trials has been forced onto the back foot after urging event organisers to ban unofficial photographers taking pictures they plan to sell.
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February 6, 2013
Man arrested over Kodak ‘bomb threat’ (update)
A man has been accused of threatening to blow up Kodak following an investigation by the FBI in Rochester, New York.