Ned Levi discusses the continuing problem of travel photographers being harassed, questioned, and sometimes detained, to stop them making photographs, by private security personnel, even when the pictures are being taken from public spaces. Ned suggests what you can do if it happens to you.
Ned reviews a recent trip he took on Amtrak’s AutoTrain and has some tips to make your trip on it better.
People taking photographs of public buildings, bridges and spaces are regularly being confronted and harassed. Amtrak has a record of not welcoming photographers. Ned details Amtrak’s threat to arrest him while taking photos of the auto-train.