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How much should you charge for a photograph?Banana Republic manager harasses photog for taking pics outside store
I’m the first to admit that I can be an asshole when confronted by some jackass who is ordering me to stop taking photos in public.
My reaction usually is to point the camera in their direction and snap away. That usually enrages them more, but I’m hoping it will eventually teach them a lesson in photographer rights. Especially when that photo pops up online.
But I’ve noticed that most photographers are much nicer than me.
For example, a guy who goes by GothamGuy on Flickr tells the story of how he was snapping photos of a Banana Republic storefront in Manhattan when the manager came running out, ordering him to stop snapping photos.
The manager kept telling him that he was not allowed to take pictures inside the store, but he was not even in the store. He was standing on the sidewalk outside. You can read the story and see the picture here.
This is how he describes the conversation:
Store manager: Sir, you cant take photographs. (Louder) YOU CANT TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS
GothamGuy: Or I can.
Store manager: It is against our store policy to take photographs in the store.GothamGuy: I’m not in the store. I’m on the sidewalk.
Store manager: Well, it’s our policy that you can’t take photographs in our store.
GothamGuy: Again, I’m not in your store. I’m on the side walk. Tell you what. I’ll stop taking photographs because it’s actually not that interesting. But you should go in your store and google photographers rights. Have a good day!
And GothamGuy has the nerve to say, “I’m such an ass sometimes.”? This guy should spend a day shooting with me.
But he also acknowledges that he really doesn’t know the law in these situations.
Now here’s my question – What is the law on such a situation? I don’t actually know. Anybody have any ideas??
The law is clear. If you can see it from a public sidewalk, you can photograph it. Especially that jackass who is ordering you to stop taking pictures.
Comments
did the store manager get angry and throw a shirt at him?
CM, you forget that a lot of photo hobbyists are unaware of their rights and they’re not willing to stand up and assert them when confronted. Also people in general are so used to the slavery of the system that they self impose it on themselves, thinking that if they cooperate with it, they have power over the system. It’s a typical self-defense mechanism for weak people.
Yeah, that is retarded. Most people don’t want to deal with the confrontation. It is usually not worth the trouble. Except some people realize that if you roll over once, you might as well keep rolling over.
mepsipax´s last blog ..Ifuck
Oh silly manager, you’re not running THAT kind of banana republic.
Michaelk42´s last blog ..Again with the cluelessness
@ Micheal42
Your comment was priceless.
Banana Republic, now that’s an appropriate name.
It is so called photographers that go around trying to create confrontation for the sake of yelling “photographers rights” that are giving the industry a bad name. There is a time and place and for good reasons to push this issue. The more I read a photographers making an issue of being stopped the more I am convinced that alot of them are just being assholes for no good reason other than their own ego and yet another online posting.
Photographers aren’t provocateurs, but you certainly are Simpson.
When I read the headline. “Banana Republic Manager,” I was expecting another story about Broward or M-D public corruption.
Amazing what just a little bit of authority will make people do.
Obvious troll is obvious
seems to be common in the yuppie douchebag clothing business. I remember a story just like this about a GAP manager in Washington D.C. from a while ago.
As far as the law goes, I used to work in the mall so I will give you what I know. If the photographer was outside the store (not in a mall) then he has every right to take any pics he likes. However, if he was inside a mall then he probably would be asked to not take pics but overall he still has the right to do so. Though he may be asked to leave.
Simpson.
Did you not know that all photographers are ass holes and are in league with the Devil?
Haaaaaaaaa ( demonic laughter)
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