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\"Police<\/img><\/p>\n

Picture credit: Mark White<\/p>\n

A photographer was yesterday stopped in Trafalgar Square in a move that appears to suggest the war on photography and tripods in public is far from over.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quick-thinking AP reader Mark White witnessed the drama and captured it on memory card while using his newly purchased Sony NEX-5 camera<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By coincidence the police stop came just minutes before popular weekly magazine Amateur Photographer<\/em> (AP) published an article about the upcoming launch of its new lens cloth outlining the rules on photography in public places<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The latest in a long line of police confrontations with photographers occurred yesterday morning at around 8.30, according to Mark who told us last night: ?The officer began to fill in a form for a good five minutes and eventually led him [the photographer] away.?<\/p>\n

It is unclear what happened next.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, the Metropolitan Police had yet to confirm details of the incident to AP’s newsdesk after being contacted as a matter of some urgency yesterday evening.<\/p>\n

However, from the yellow form pictured in the photos, it appears likely that the man – who was using a Canon DSLR and a Manfrotto tripod – was stopped under anti-terrorism legislation.<\/p>\n

AP’s microfibre lens cloth<\/a> will be given away free with the magazine’s 10 July issue.<\/p>\n

RELATED ARTICLE<\/p>\n

AP’s lens cloth outlining the rules on photography in public places<\/a><\/p>\n

READ ALL OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ RIGHTS CAMPAIGN STORIES HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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