UK Photographers’ Rights

Look both ways before crossing the street

There have been a several articles in the UK press lately highlighting the increasing difficulty photographers face amidst the fearful climate that’s been instilled in the general public by bogeymen such as paedophiles and terrorists. Stop-and-searches have become frequent, photographers are harassed, told to delete images and sometimes assaulted, it’s all quite worrying.

Thankfully, Linda Macpherson (LL.B, Dip.L.P., LL.M), a lecturer in law at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, has created a superb short guide explaining the legal rights of English and Welsh citizens when taking photographs. It’s designed to be portable, so can be printed double-sided on a piece of A4 and carried in your wallet or camera bag, and gives an informative overview that covers restrictions, private property, national security and other issues:

UK Photographers’ Rights

3 Comments

  1. Graham Rigg

    Home Office Minister re-asserts photographers rights.

  2. Simon Moran

    UK Photographers Rights Guide V2 http://sirimo.co.uk/ukpr

  3. the_fonz

    See this film, ‘Freedom to Film’ http://www.worldbytes.org/programmes/013/013_003.html, for more info on photographers’ and cinematographers’ rights.

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