DSLR cameras banned from railway station

This article on the excellent pixiq site highlights again the crass stupidity of those in authority; you would have thought that having authority required some semblance of grey matter. It does make you wonder who advises these idiots, still it does explain their inability to run a decent railway service. Well done Daniela Bowker over at pixiq. Read the whole article here and wonder at how stupid tfl are

Tim’s photo, taken with a compact camera

There is an update to this story that is almost as amusing, here is a link

Speaking to BJP, Wendy Neville, a spokeswoman for the London Transport Museum, which administers the station, explains the ban: “Terms and conditions for the recent sale of tickets to visit Aldwych Underground station clearly stated that digital SLR cameras were not permitted, as these are classed as professional equipment.”

Tube and train commuters caught on camera

Is this photography?  What is photography today, are there limits determined by camera, style, intent..

“There are a growing number of websites and photo galleries dedicated to critiquing the appearance, dress and behaviour of fellow travellers. ……Tubecrush.net invites commuters to send in pictures of strangers they find attractive or eye-catching. Subjects must be men travelling on the London underground.”  From the BBC, full story here

Here is a link to Tubecrush but as I couldn’t get it to work and the site crashed maybe it should be called Tubecra…