Gothamist: The History of Taking Pictures On The Subway

dahl

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:22:54 -0500

great article. but maybe i'm biased since i went to high school with the author.

hijiki

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:05:16 -0500

haha, i totally want a photo turban. or can i just claim the image is my god and it's against my religion not to photographically document my life. please everyone, write letters to mta! you can also write to bloomberg (whom i believe is also opposed to the photo ban) via nyc.gov.

joe

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:09:12 -0500

While the MTA hasn't worked out the procedure for getting a permit, I've heard that the permit itself will be an MTA patch that the photographer must affix to themselves via a turban...

Rose

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:38:48 -0500

Oh, and by the way, why not remove every website about subways in New York? And get rid of all the masters and copies of any movie which shows the subways!nd that includes the original King Kong movie! Do it! Do it NOW, before it's too late!

Rose

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:32:27 -0500

Haven't been in the subways in years but now this ban makes me want to go and take many, many pictures of my feet on the ugly cement platforms or the backs of people as they walk up the stairs or the ceiling of Grand Central Station or all other highly targeted possible terrorist attack venues that made the photo ban so very necessary and vital to our safety. Because everyone knows that terrorists would never think of riding the subways to case the joints. Nope, just need those photos.

ed leveckis

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:50:34 -0500

It’s not the ban that worries me so much it’s the article in the Times that will bring the ban to the riders attention that bothers me. The ban in itself is pretty meaningless.

S.D.

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:04:40 -0500

A few loaded questons:How is that helping security?Can People still take detailed notes about the Subway or will that be banned next?Does the Ban include Sketch or water color Artists? I know! No pictures at the Empire State Building! After all, it's now a target. Worse yet, from the observation deck, you can actually see the Entire City (gasp!). Following the "Logic" that Tom Kelly espouses, this is a valid reaction. Myself, as soon as the Pointy Haired Managers re-establish a Real Procedure to get a "Photo permit" (bet they sit on that for over a year...), I'm applying for one. Granted, I've not taken pictures of the Subway in Years, but with the development of Digital Cameras it's a lot easier now that I don't have to develope pictures in a Dark room. (Any day now, some one will see some of my pictures and say "Why Black & White? What's a Dark Room? What's an Enlarger?? Chemicals?!?") Anyone know: Is the Port Authority Also Banning Photographers?

Kevin Walsh

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 10:56:44 -0500

You gotta give the MTA credit for holding to the old canard about the photo ban being about terrorism. The real reason is twofold: --They don't want deteriorating conditions at several stations being chronicled --They want to protect their intellectual property rights, i.e. they want to be the ones to make money from images taken on their property. Hopefully somebody will challenge this nonsense in court... www.forgotten-ny.com

jake

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 10:48:33 -0500

i'm glad to see the nytimes is finally giving this story some well deserved press.