Street photography and the law
To cut to the chase, there are no laws to say we can’t take pictures in public places – so basically we are free to shoot where and what we want. There was a time when a lot of people, the police included, believed that somehow taking pictures in towns and cities was illegal, and AP was inundated with letters and calls from readers who had been stopped in the street by members of the public and police officers. Fortunately, after a long campaign by AP and other photographic movements, all that has changed and the police now have a much better understanding of everyone’s right to take pictures where they like.
