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Freelance Photographer for ProPublica & PBS Detained for Photographing BP Refineries

July 5, 2010 By Eric Reagan

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Freelance photographer, Lance Rosenfield, was confronted and detained by BP security, police officers and a DHS agent in Texas City, Texas as he was working on an assignment for ProPublica/PBS concerning a deadly accident caused by BP’s safety violations in 2005.

According to the report from ProPublica, Rosenfield was told that he would be “taken in” if he did not allow the police to review his photos.  Based on the report, when he complied, the police also allowed private representatives of BP to view the images as well. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Photographers Tagged With: 1st amendment, 4th amendment, bp, bp cares, dhs, lance rosenfield, pbs, photography, police, propublica, texas, texas city

 

Canon 5D Mark II and 7D Filmmaking Updates

October 4, 2009 By Eric Reagan

A couple of recent developments in the Canon 7D and 5D Mark II‘s resume make the camera shine a little brighter.  As we knew, the potential is huge with this camera and it continues to create a ton of buzz in the filmmaking world.

PBS has a new Frontline documentary shot with a 5D Mark II by Danfung Dennis, while embedded with US Marines in Afghanistan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Canon Tagged With: afganistan, canon 5d mark ii, canon 7d, digital cameras, dslr, filmmaking, frontline, pbs, photography, saturday night live, snl

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