Street Photography, the law and data collection

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This summarises my understanding of the UK legal and data collection frameworks as they apply to street photography. There is much confusion on the subject, and this is a small attempt to provide a few facts. Let me start with some overall comments: Street photography in public spaces is a perfectly legal activity in the UK. Even under new data …

Owen Smith

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I occasionally shoot events for local groups, often political. This weekend, Owen Smith, the Welsh MP, was talking to Bath for Europe on ‘Can We Stop Brexit?’ Fun shoot, though reasonably easy to execute. He’s an animated speaker, and the light at Widecombe Social Club was very good. I enjoy environmental work, though this turned out to be almost a formal …