I was told while walking with my camera taking plants in a Park "Photo's not allowed in this park". A young lady walking with her child attacked me with a knife although I had not snapped her or her child. I defended myself and called the police on my mobile. The park is a place popular with photographers because of the river side views it offers. There is also a water wheel which makes a good shot on sunny days. I no longer go there and since then the use of telephoto lenses has been banned and the laws regarding street photography tightened up. I have even had people running away from me at the sight of my camera. It is getting to the stage where even family photography has been held as a criminal offence. I was done for having polygons that resembled nude ladies on my web site and I was once picked up for there being a web site with a similar name to mine that was a porn site. I have trouble too with a web site generated by someone using my URL which I had intentionally misspelled in my statement. I had put bluyonder instead of blueyonder and it was not my web site. Someone had put up a porn site on bluyonder and it had nothing to do with me. I then had to educate the officers about <whois> in the registry of URLs and how to interpret the headers of e-mails and usenet news articles. I have had my home broken into by the police and my computer seized. The computer was so badly damaged I had to buy a new one and I still need a new front door. Someone took photos of a young nude woman on a sun bed using medium format but by then I had sold that format in favor of a digital although I still had my 35mm camera. When I pointed out that I could not have taken the snaps because the angle was impossible for me the case was withdrawn. I once took insects in the hedgerow which I stalked with a special adaptor on the end of a telephoto lens but people thought I was snapping them until I pointed out that the focal plane of my lens was 1" in front of the objective then the case was withdrawn. I get the impression that someone in authority does not like me but is using an excuse to get rid of me. I now try to ensure there is no one in the frame when I push the shutter. I've suspended taking photos now not even in the country. These attacks ceased when the 14 year old girl next door was knifed by a catholic punishment squad when her parents were out and she could not get in, I acted to prevent the flow of blood and took her to for treatment. Britain is not a democracy just you remember that. Chris ________________________________________ From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jonathan turner Sent: 18 April 2008 09:50 To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Interesting (scary) article. Saw this on the BBC website, thought it may be of interest; http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/technology/7351252.stm Personally all this paranoia makes me hopping mad! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Jonathan Turner Photographer e: home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx t: 0113 217 1275 m:07796 470573 7 Scott Hall Walk, Leeds, LS7 3JQ http://www.jonathan-turner.com
