The architecture and splendid beauty of shopping malls has always inspired me. Being a photographer, it wasn't uncommon for me to bring my dSLR and take some shots in the building. Lately though, the guards have been giving me warnings not to shoot in or around the mall, including the parking lot! After that, I started using my digital rangefinder... and I still got warnings! I have gotten first and second warnings from pretty much all of my favorite local malls, and I don't want to get banned or asked to leave from my favorite mall for a few photographs, that's not how I roll. My question is, is there some kind of permit or like permission I can get that'll allow me to take pictures in there without any riff-raff?
Post script: Most of the malls in my area are either owned my The Mills or Simon, FYI.
2007-08-23 17:05:21 · 4 answers · asked by Bombenhagel 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
The splendid beauty of shopping malls. Oooookaaaaay. Talk to the management before you go. They may be able to set you up with a pass or special permission. You might look a little more compelling a candidate with a business card or a professional-sounding email. Bring a portfolio along at least, to establish your legitimacy.
PS Rifraf usually means "low class people" rather than, you know, crap from rent-a-cops.
2007-08-23 17:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by July 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course, with permission from someone who has the authority to give permission, and you can do anything.
But getting permission may be impossible. Malls are a business. If there's no benefit to the business, such as advertising, they will only see potential problems, and they'd rather not deal with it.
Personally, I like freeway overpasses. Look at the really elaborate ones that are in major cities.
2007-08-24 00:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by james p 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You go to the people who hired the guards (management) and explain what you want to take pictures of and what you will be using them for, making it clear that you will not be publishing any pictures of identifyable people without their written permission.
There are two reasons for blocking photos these days - the fact that virtually all the arrests of threatening people have included collections of pictures of landmarks, presumably for planning an attack and fears of invasion of privacy.
2007-08-24 00:11:14 · answer #3 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure you are not trying to take up skirt shots of all the teenage girls there?
2007-08-24 00:10:35 · answer #4 · answered by schwartr88 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋