Union Station Loves/Hates PhotographersApril 3, 2008
We've
reported a
few times on the issues that photographers run into with security around the D.C. area. In fact, stories of photographers being wrongly told that they're not allowed to take pictures happens so often that there's a
whole group on Flickr dedicated to fighting against it.
A few interesting stories have popped up this week, including the
WUSA9 article about the Secret Service ordering a tourist to delete his photos at the National's opener on Sunday. Over on Flickr,
a long discussion thread has started about the ongoing problems of photographers being harassed at Union Station. You know, that arriving point for many a tourist, camera in hand? Flickr user
lightboxdc intervened when an Amtrak employee ordered a tourist to stop taking pictures of her friends near the arrival/departure gates. He tried to insist that Amtrak policy says nothing about non-commercial photography, but to no avail.
The continuing problem here, whether we're talking about Union Station, Metro, or even just standing on the street is that nobody seems to know anything about the rules they're enforcing. So many folks have encountered problems at Union Station that one Flickr photographer, erin m, has been trying to get a straight answer from station officials for months now. While she waited she scoured their web site for a clear policy, and though she didn't find one, she did find a whole page on their — oh yes — photo contest that includes images of Amtrak trains and stations. Yeesh.
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We'll offer you the following document again:
The Photographer's Right (pdf)....
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