Arrested for Photographing a Train: “Its Almost Embarrassing”.
I spent 3 months in Boston and ran into this there quite a bit. I went into the city from our Apartment in Malden via the “T” everyday. Frequently I would see a scene to photograph, and normally did (see photo above, and yes…I know I’ve posted it before). The arguments with the Transit Police were very often frightening. After the first altercation I started carrying copies of the MTA rules on photography to present to the untrained officers. They didn’t like this, and it normally made the arguments more heated, but it kept me from being arrested/fined.
Funny enough, the only time I didn’t get stopped for shooting on the Boston subway system is when I spent all day photographing a clown…no one seemed to mind then.
For those of you up for a bit of lite reading…Here’s a list of photographer-rights related links I got from this site: