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An old story...

 

Once upon a time at an abbey in London center (that could have

happened in Madrid, Paris, Rome, San Francisco,...), we have paid 30

pounds (45$) for one hour visit and we were not allowed to take shots

even without flash (not expressed in the ticket).

 

I understand the copyright (of course) if I visit an art gallery or some

show in a theatre or not to use the flash because can damage the

works or it is disgusting for people.

 

Something does not work when the first priority of the vergers is not to

guide our souls but to watch over our cameras.

 

What do you think about it? Thanks for your time and comments.

Absurdo y demencial. Solo les mueven intereses económicos, pero no solo a la iglesia. Te voy a decir una de más gorda aún. En nuestra casa (Spain) también está prohibido la fotografía con trípode no solo en museos, sino también es espacios naturales al aire libre, ruinas romanas, parques naturales, etc. ... La razón es simple, si usas trípode eres un profesional y por lo tanto obtendrás un beneficio, y por lo tanto tienes que pagar. Por suerte la mayoría de guardas son "personas con buen uso de la razón" y hacen la vista gorda. Saludos.

Gracias Jordi, desconocía lo del trípode en los parques naturales y las ruinas... hay países en los que incluso el exterior de algunos edificios tiene derechos de imagen... la voracidad recaudatoria no tiene límites! Confiaremos una vez más en la sensatez y buen criterio de los guardas. Saludos, Lluis

We often have to deal with awful rules that fortunately are often applied by nice people. And the leniency of we latin helps to mitigate the impact of awful or stupid rules.

 

Nevertheless is a true problem. This summer I visited some wonderful place in France and - in particular the Lascaux II Caves in the Perigord Region (search google for details), where you can view the perfect reconstruction of a cave painted 20.000 years ago by the first representatives of the homo sapiens sapiens species (as we are). The very first information that the guide gave us was that taking picture was forbidden, even without flash and, when I asked why she answered that the reason was that it is a historical monument. I answered, polemically, that Notre Dame de Paris and the Tour Eiffel are historical monuments as well but you can take picture of both of them. People laughed. The guide, very angry, answered that it's forbidden because it's forbidden. Fullstop. So I take this picture, camera in hands, arms closed to the body, exposure 0,4s. It's sharp and steady because the goddess that protect the photographers wanted to punish the forbidders!

 

When we got out of the cave I went to the shop and asked for a cd or dvd with pictures of the paintings but the casher answered that they do not sell any cd with the pictures but only a low res videotape lasting 25 minutes and costing 29€!

 

This is the reason I decided to publish this picture after having read your stories. The "tripod rule" is priceless!

 

Of course the responsibility for publishing this picture is totally mine and nobody else has to be charged for any responsibility of any nature but me.

 

Up with photographic freedom, my friends!

Thanks Mauro for your comment...an absurd situation as a result of absurd rules. I have written a comment in your shot. Kind regards, Luis