Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i work at csfb's rival, ubs, and i've overheard the guards downstairs tell tourists pretty much the same thing. but usually those tourists are the ones who frame the picture, squint, move a few feet away, turn in every direction. i think the combination of loitering and fiddling makes the guards nervous. i don't know what the official injunction against photography in the building is--i certainly photograph coworkers on the trading desk all the time. i've done grab shots in the lobby without having been beaten about the head and shoulders. -rei On Jun17 19:07, Michiel Fokkema wrote: > Hi, > I was told not to photograph in the London subway by a very friendly > guard. Looking at my Rolleicord he realized I probably was not a > terrorist and I didn't have to pull out the film. > > Cheers, > > Michiel Fokkema > > dnygr wrote: > >Yesterday while photographying in NYC, a man approached me and informed > >me > >that "it was against the law to photograph the building," the Credit > >Suisse bank. He had a red blazer on with somethings written on it. I > >don't > >know if he was a security guard or not. > > > >I was taken aback by the man's statement. It was not the first time that > >near a bank someone had motioned for me not to take a photograph. > > > >I hope the man felt better after warning me off. Keeping people with film > >in their cameras from taking photos will certainly make him and building > >safter. It is a well known fact that terrorists have not discoverd that > >digital cameras are easy to disguise in the palm of hand. It is also well > >known that terrorists are dumb, cowardly and unable to think of using a > >cell phone to take a photo. They would also never think of entering an > >adjoing building and taking a photo unobserved out the window or doing > >that from inside a passing car. > > > >Has anyone on the lug experienced anything similar? > > > >Doug > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey