Photographers,
www.FreedomToPhotograph.com needs your stories about
run-ins with the law and the outcome, along with how you were treated.
Our rights to photograph in public places have been on attack and get
even more scrutiny since the homeland security bill was passed.
Lawmakers are trying to make in illegal to take pictures of buildings or
even have cameras on you in certain parts of cities across America and
around the world, even while standing on publicly funded roads and
sidewalks.
www.FreedomToPhotograph.com was created to bring awareness to this
situation. Almost daily, photographers are being taken into custody,
having film seized and being held without being read their Miranda
Rights while being questioned for hours on end. Sharing your stories
will only help to enlighten those who are unaware of the situation, and
help lobby lawmakers to enforce the laws we have, protect the rights we
have and help pass new laws so that our Freedom to Photograph will not
be taken away.
The site is driven by you, the photographer, and is dynamically
updateable and ever changing. We encourage you to share your stories,
both positive and negative outcomes as we are not trying to crucify law
enforcement. To do so, please visit
www.FreedomToPhotograph.com and
click the Contribute link in the menu. After you fill out the form, a
staff member will be in contact with you shortly and provide you with
login information so that you may publish your story. If you would like
to submit a story anonymously, you may, full directions are located
here:
http://freedomtophotograph.com/contribute.php
Please help spread the word, and add our link to your site.