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Subject: Re: [Leica] Tripods in France
From: Tarek Charara <tarek.charara@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 17:37:51 +0200

le 20.09.2001 16:10, Ted Grant à tedgrant@home.com a écrit :

> Just don't try and use a tripod within the confines of  the Arch de Triomphe
> or you will be politely told... "Non tripod!" You will be asked/told nicely
> by the policemen. Don't  argue, just do it! They don't do nicely the second
> time around. :-)
> 
> Shooting from the street over 6-8 (?) lanes of traffic I didn't have any
> problems in the evening doing time exposures of traffic patterns and Arch.
> 
> But when you go through the tunnel under the street to the Arch properly and
> the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier there isn't any question, if you take a
> tripod over there, day or night, you will have the police stop you from
> setting up. period. No matter what brand or size.
> 
> And please guys this is live experience from absolute been there, done it,
> had it happen!

Ted,

when was this? Since 1996 the law concerning photography in public places
has been "lightened" (allégée) and you can "shoot" with a tripod without a
special permission from the police, even at the "arc de triomphe", unless
you bother the traffic...


For those who really want to get into this and who read french, please refer
to "Photographier dans les lieux publics, Paris et Ile-de-France", La
documentation française.

Tarek

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