{"id":7530,"date":"2013-11-21T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/photographers-attack-us-president-photo-policy-7530"},"modified":"2014-09-02T12:51:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T11:51:24","slug":"photographers-attack-us-president-photo-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-attack-us-president-photo-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographers attack US President photo policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press is among dozens of news organisations to sign the letter in protest at what they claim is routine denial of the right to photograph and video the President while he is performing official duties.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/corpcommap.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/white-house-photo-letter-final-00591175.pdf\">letter<\/a> states: \u2018As surely as if they were placing a hand over a journalist&#8217;s camera lens, officials in this administration are blocking the public from having an independent view of important functions of the Executive Branch of government.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018To be clear, we are talking about presidential activities of a fundamentally public nature. To be equally clear, we are not talking about open access to the residence or to areas restricted, for example, for national security purposes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The White House has told the press its reason for closing certain events to photographers is that they have been deemed \u2018private&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, the media hit back at this, saying: \u2018That rationale, however, is undermined when the White House contemporaneously releases its own photograph of a so-called private event through social media.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press vice-president and director of photography Santiago Lyon added: \u2018A small group of photographers and a videographer, collectively known as the &#8220;travel pool&#8221;, enjoys some access to the Oval Office and other presidential activities but increasingly the Obama administration labels events as &#8220;private&#8221; before then releasing the official photos shot by White House photographers such as Pete Souza.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>As we reported in 2009, <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/photo-news\/536883\/obama-photographer-in-presidential-first#yiq6gm1KDKOBjJKZ.99\">Souza<\/a> became the first to use a digital camera to capture the official portrait of a United States president. 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