[Leica] Re: minimal mall shooting

[Summicron1 at aol.com (Summicron1@aol.com)]

welcome to my world -- well, my paper's photographers'world anyway -- malls 
are private property, not "public space" for purposes of allowing 
phtoography, 
free speech, or anything else, you are there with their permission and 
they're 
very stuffy about photography, never been sure why, probably due to fears 
that the images will be used commercially without permission. My kid got 
tossed 
out of one that was on the verge of being shut down because he wanted to 
video 
the empty halls... no dice.

c trentelman
In a message dated 10/8/04 10:46:01 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes:


> 
> Well, speaking of going minimal, and security, and paranoia...
> 
> I went minimal with my IIIf, 50/1.5 Summarit, BW400CN, with my
> grandkids, to the local mall this evening, figuring I'd get some good
> shots.
> 
> Only to be stopped twice by security and told that 1.) I needed to check
> my camera in at the security office while I was in the mall.? I talked
> my way out of that one.? 2.) Second security guard, very polite, and
> very assertive, told me I couldn't take pictures in the mall.? I
> explained I was taking pictures of my grandchildren.? No dice.
> 
> Are malls not "public space?"? I know they are privately owned, so I
> guess that makes them subject to the same set of rules applicable to any
> privately owned store.? Right?? Seems like I remember reading something
> about this, but at the moment it eludes me.
> 
> Ken
> 
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