Prevention of Terrorism Act
More Hostile Reconnaissance
Last year on UN Human Rights Day I was invited to cover a traveller wedding, one of four in four days at Dale Farm ahead of a planned site eviction by Basildon Council in Essex
Photo-Forum Films – Know Your Rights
‘I’m a photographer, not a terrorist – Know Your Rights’
Following the successful NUJ media event outside New Scotland Yard to highlight the issues photographers have with S76 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, NUJ members organised an ‘I’m a photographer, not a terrorist – Know Your Rights’ meeting.’
The meeting was hosted by Photo-Forum in February and was introduced by photographer Peter Macdiarmid with solicitor Anna Mazzola (Hickman and Rose) and photographer Andrew Wiard.
Jason Parkinson was commissioned to shoot and edit two short films for the evening.The film is funded by the NUJ.
Click here for Know Your Rights film
The first film on terrorism legislation features Anna Mazzola and Peter Macdiarmid.
The second film features Andrew Wiard, freelance photographer, who speaks about the history and the future of the press card.
We also compiled a slideshow featuring good and bad policing which is part of an on-going Photo-Forum project. If you have images to contribute to this project please send jpeg files in sRGB colour space, maximum size 1024 pixels on the long side to: photoforumuk@gmail.com
Photo-Forum is organized by photographers as a place for working photographers across the spectrum to bring images, ideas, photo stories, approaches and work in progress for supportive debate and criticism. It runs monthly on the second Thursday of the month in Central London.
I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist – NUJ media event
Hundreds join the ‘I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist’ NUJ media event outside New Scotland Yard. Press and amateur photographers gather outside Police HQ to highlight infringement of press freedom under the terrorism laws. London.
© Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk
See web gallery here
BBC Radio Scotland am here
BBC Radio Wales here
BBC Radio Scotland lunch here
BBC London here
Metropolitan Police Federation statement supporting photographers here
Stella Rimington on the police state in The Times here
Read NUJ report here
See NUJ video here
Read EFJ article here
Read the Guardian here
Read the Telegraph here
London Paper Gallery here
Morning Star here
See BJP video here
Read BJP article here
Press Gazette here
Standard here
Read Londionist.com here
Images available from www.reportdigital.co.uk
Listen to the audio of the police stopping me under S44 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act covering a traveller wedding in the London Docklands here
View the Dale Farm traveller wedding articles here
‘I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist’ – Exhibition
‘I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist’
I’m A Photographer …Not a Terrorist
Seeing as the police don’t seem to recognise the legitimacy of press card these days. We thought we would make our status clear with our own badge..
“The relationship between photographers and police could worsen next month when new laws are introduced that allow for the arrest – and imprisonment – of anyone who takes pictures of officers ‘likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.”
Read the full BJP article
here.The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has teamed up with Mark Thomas (writer, broadcaster, comic and political activist), Chris Atkins (the BAFTA nominated director and writer of the feature film documentary Taking Liberties), and many more for a “media event” outside New Scotland Yard on Monday 16 February 2009. The plan is simple, turn up with your camera and exercise your democratic right to take a photograph in a public place.
More info about the background to this “media event” visit the NUJ here
Guardian Tear Sheet – Dale Farm Wedding
Read Guardian article here
NUJ here
Press Gazette here
BJP here
Read Independent here
Travellers’ Times here
A World to Win here
Marc Vallée Blog here
View the video of the wedding here
Listen to the audio of the police stopping me under S44 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act here