On 27/03/2008, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
So - apart from those of you with cameras that are
good in low light
photographing every damn thing to be found in the entire V&A ...
1. Do we have a list of photographer-friendly museums?
The Ashmolean in Oxford has the single most honest photography policy
I've ever seen in a museum or art gallery - they're happy for you to
take photographs, though I think they restrict flashes, *except* for
about 10% (?) of the displayed artworks, where they have a discreet
little sign next to them asking you to please not photograph.
(These are things like, eg, the interesting Turners; stuff where
reproduction rights are actually worth a reasonable sum of money; I
suspect one or two may be loaned stock where this is part of the
agreement.)
Their interests are served - they keep control of the ones which mean
an income stream for them - but they try not to make it overly affect
the visitor.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk