Monthly Archives: September 2011

© Efraín M. Padró, All Rights Reserved One of the most common questions I get when teaching my “legal issues” class is whether it’s OK to photograph subjects like courthouses, airports, train stations, and other facilities that are considered important to national security and could therefore become the subject of a terrorist attack. Many of these buildings are quite photogenic, and if you enjoy photographing them, sooner or later you will be approached by a law enforcement type asking what you are doing, or worse – I was once confronted by two police offecers, guns drawn, while photographing landscapes outside of Deming, New Mexico. According to a recent post by the American Civil Liberties Union, “[t]aking photographs of things that are plainly visible from public spaces is a constitutional right–and that includes federal buildings, transportation … Continue reading →