photography is not a crime
Photographer arrested and charged with burglary after taking rooftop photos
Jan 11, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A 25-year-old photographer and war Army veteran Isaac Wright was arrested for taking rooftop photos. He was charged with “burglary and possessing criminal tools” after…
Photographer sentenced to 25 years in prison for drugging, raping, and sexually assaulting teen models
Nov 4, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Carlsbad photographer Robert Koester has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual misconduct. He was accused of sexually assaulting and raping teen models…
China releases photojournalist Lu Guang after a year of detention
Sep 16, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
After almost a year of detention, award-winning Chinese photojournalist Lu Guang has been released. He has been documenting China’s dark side for years, and in…
Award winning Chinese photographer goes missing in Xinjiang
Nov 28, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Award-winning Chinese photographer Lu Guang has gone missing earlier this month. His wife Xu Xiaoli says that she last heard from him on 3 November,…
Photographer and model pleaded guilty of shooting nudes at a crowded mall
Mar 7, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Photo shoots at malls and places like arts & crafts or home improvement stores can be fun. As a matter of fact, they seem to be gaining…
Photographer and model arrested over nude photoshoot at ancient Egyptian temple
Sep 14, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
From time to time, photography could get you in trouble. For Photographer Jesse Walker and model Marisa Papen, the trouble came while they were shooting…
Police tells attorney he can’t film them, Police Chief invites citizens to film the police in response
Mar 12, 2017
Udi Tirosh
Here is an interesting turn of events. According to the Washington post, what started a police falsely telling an attorney/uber driver that he can’t film them, ended…
Photographing on the streets and the law in the UK
Jul 11, 2016
John Aldred
Photographer rights are always a bit of a hot topic, and often brings out extreme points of view from all sides. There’s the law, there’s…
Driver charged with felony assault for threatening photographer with his vehicle
Jul 11, 2016
John Aldred
Yesterday, we showed you a video of a somewhat agitated driver harassing automotive photographer Alex Stone, who he felt was trespassing on his “private driveway” (which…
Photographer shooting on public road almost being run over for shooting on “private driveway”
Jul 10, 2016
Udi Tirosh
We’ve seen some crazy folks freaking out over photographers asking photographers to stop shooting but this one goes over the top. This is the first…