Police Scotland Want to Seize Your Phone
Metropolitan Police at Paris Attack Candlelit Vigil. London. © Pete Maclaine. I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist (PHNAT) is seriously concerned by reports that Police Scotland intends to “seize phones...
View ArticleWhat’s going on? Network Rail demand Alamy photo removal
A usage of one picture in question, first shot to cover the ‘pasty tax’ but used editorially since via Alamy. © Pete Maclaine. This morning a number of photographers who contribute to the picture...
View ArticleSecurity call filmmaker ‘lunatic’ for defying nonsense photo ban
The ‘I’m a Photographer not a Terrorist’ (PHNAT) campaign is alarmed by footage of a filmmaker being insulted, threatened with arrest and having his gear manhandled – all for filming a sign....
View ArticleJ20 Six: Drop The Charges
Six journalists face 10 years in prison in America, for covering the unrest during the Disrupt J20 protests against the inauguration of President Trump on Friday 20 January in Washington DC. I’m a...
View ArticleBrighton Photographer Detained Under Terrorism Laws
Photo © Eddie Mitchell. Phnat is shocked and alarmed to hear that a Brighton-based professional photographer was detained by police for an hour under terrorism laws. @brightonsnapper Eddie Mitchell of...
View ArticleFirst it was Terrorism, Now it’s Supercars
Bystanders using phones to photograph Supercars on Regent Street. Photo © Pete Maclaine. Photography has been a hobby or a job for someone since 1827. Now the photographer is not only viewed as...
View ArticleWestfield Security Concerns
Footage © Yannis Mendez Here @PHNAT we are outraged yet again by the intimidating behaviour of private security at the Stratford Westfield shopping centre. While covering a vigil for a recent acid...
View ArticleProtestor Extremist Database Win Reignites Journalists Legal Action
Campaign group I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist (PHNAT) welcomes the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling on the case of a peace campaigner to have his details removed from a police Domestic...
View ArticleTrafalgar Square Mass Gathering 10th Anniversary
I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist Mass Gathering. © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk Today we celebrate ten years since the magnificent “Mass Photo Gathering” when thousands of photographers swarmed...
View ArticleLarry Herman – Photographer
photo © Pierre Alozie It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the death of Larry Herman. He was a great photographer and his images held compassion for the peoples’ stories he was...
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