
Yesterday (23-01-10) saw the "I'm a Photographer not a Terrorist" protest in Trafalgar Square. The mass protest was in reaction to a series of high profile detentions of photographers under section 44 of the terrorism act. The event was peaceful as hundreds of photographers took photographs of each other taking photographs... of each other: A mass meta-photographic exercise. Unfortunately there did not appear to be any speeches or rallying, although maybe the proliferation of so many images may help to spread word of the cause. But such a gathering does highlight the more…