I'm a Photographer Not A Terrorist flash mob at Canary Wharf against unreasonable restrictions on taking photos in public places
I'm a Photographer not a Terrorist! was inspired by a poster campaign launched by the Metropolitan Police that suggested that anyone with a camera was a terrorist as well as the increasing legislation against photography and the harassment by police and others that photographers face when taking pictures on the street. The Canary Wharf estate is one of an increasing number of 'public' spaces in cities that is privately owned - including many shopping centres and some office areas. Photographers who try to take pictures here may be asked to leave and risk being abused and restrained by security guards, although tourists taking pictures are usually tolerated. At various times at Canary Wharf, security guards have stopped me or attempted to stop me when photographing a war memorial, demonstrations and a violent assault by security staff on a member of the public as well as when taking architectural and urban landscape images. At 3pm on Saturday 12 Sept, around a hundred photographers descended on Canary Wharf in London for a flash-mob protest around the clocks in the square below Canary Wharf Tower. They produced cameras on the stroke of three and began photographing everything in site - mainly each other. Security men stood around watching the protest from a distance but took no action.
Size: 5040px × 3354px
Location: Canary Wharf, London, England, UK
Photo credit: © Peter Marshall / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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