Well, my friend was taping the meeting as part of a student documentary
on post-9/11 public response to the plans for war that she was doing
for one of our film classes. The intent wasn't to upset anyone and as
soon as it was obvious that some people were getting upset she put away
her camera. It was an open, public meeting, though, and neither of us
expected anyone to object to it being documented. We've both shot video
and stills at a number of local anti-war meetings without incident, but
the San Francisco contingent seemed a lot more nervous than the folks
up here in the north bay or down in Berkeley. As far as collecting
model releases from a crowd of several hundred people, it didn't seem
practical or necessary. Usually we just mention that we're shooting
footage to whoever is making the announcements when things get started
and they ask if anyone has an objection to us collecting footage. That
particular night there were several people shooting footage and nobody
objected at the announcement, but later in the evening as tensions from
the discussion seemed to run high the subject of the video crews in
attendance came up and a few people got really upset. As far as the
liberties being taken with civil rights and access to due process that
are taking place in this country right now, I'm not sure the best
course of action in the face of that kind of abuse is to hide and act
guilty.
-Rob
On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 08:43 AM, Winsor Crosby wrote:
I don't know of anyplace where a photographer can continue to take
pictures of people who object and not expect to take the consequences
of his rudeness.
Certainly in a country where over a thousand people including citizens
have been held incognito without charges for half a year in
contravention to the Constitution, people who object are likely to be
anxious. Since you were obviously not news reporters either and were
not collecting model releases for publication or exhibit, I would
wonder why you were taking pictures too.
--
Winsor Crosby
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