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702 Sydney had an interview with a professional photographer this week.
He said it is just about impossible for an unaccompanied male photographer to shoot at the beach any more. He has been harassed multiple times, had the police called and detain him for an extended period. It is complicated more because he uses film with a medium format camera (645, 6x7) and the police don't understand there is no digital image he can show them immediately to prove his innocent purpose. He says they want to identify the people he has photographed to see if any of them object. They can not charge him without someone's objection.
He now has to hire a model, pay the council by the hour to use the beach, and can not shoot the candid scenes he and his father before him did for many years.
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