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| crunch... |
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| crunch... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:26 am |
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On Nov 9, 4:30 am, Kendall K Down <webmas... at (no spam) diggingsonline.com>
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[quote]In message <0325dad0-e34b-4f85-b928-6872e6922... at (no spam) a31g2000yqn.googlegro
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crunch <pchristain... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Stories from the Ashmolean Museum
First time I visited I was allowed to photograph freely (though
without flash or tripod). Next time I went back they had banned
photography. I didn't bother to go in.
Ken Down
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As you know, it is not a perfect world.
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May things go well with you.
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| Kendall K Down... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:30 am |
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In message <0325dad0-e34b-4f85-b928-6872e6922986 at (no spam) a31g2000yqn.googlegro
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crunch <pchristainsen at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
[quote]Stories from the Ashmolean Museum
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First time I visited I was allowed to photograph freely (though
without flash or tripod). Next time I went back they had banned
photography. I didn't bother to go in.
Ken Down
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| Tom McDonald... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:02 am |
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On Nov 9, 3:30 am, Kendall K Down <webmas... at (no spam) diggingsonline.com>
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[quote]In message <0325dad0-e34b-4f85-b928-6872e6922... at (no spam) a31g2000yqn.googlegro
ups.com
crunch <pchristain... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Stories from the Ashmolean Museum
First time I visited I was allowed to photograph freely (though
without flash or tripod). Next time I went back they had banned
photography. I didn't bother to go in.
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Your purposes are somewhat different from those of most of us who
might be interested in visiting such museums. For me, and I think for
most folks, photography is a distant second to seeing the artifacts
themselves.
I'm not sure I begrudge museums their sales of photography of their
collections. In many (most?) cases, images of the more important
artifacts are probably available on-line anyway.
Still, it would be nice to be able to take one's own images in
museums, so long as doing so would not put the artifacts at risk. |
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| crunch... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:24 am |
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On Nov 9, 10:02 am, Tom McDonald <kilt... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
[quote]On Nov 9, 3:30 am, Kendall K Down <webmas... at (no spam) diggingsonline.com
wrote:
In message <0325dad0-e34b-4f85-b928-6872e6922... at (no spam) a31g2000yqn.googlegro
ups.com
crunch <pchristain... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Stories from the Ashmolean Museum
First time I visited I was allowed to photograph freely (though
without flash or tripod). Next time I went back they had banned
photography. I didn't bother to go in.
Your purposes are somewhat different from those of most of us who
might be interested in visiting such museums. For me, and I think for
most folks, photography is a distant second to seeing the artifacts
themselves.
I'm not sure I begrudge museums their sales of photography of their
collections. In many (most?) cases, images of the more important
artifacts are probably available on-line anyway.
Still, it would be nice to be able to take one's own images in
museums, so long as doing so would not put the artifacts at risk.
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Take a look inside the revamped Ashmolean Museum
at Oxford University with this video from BBC News -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/8347299.stm
David Christainsen |
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| Kendall K Down... |
| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:56 am |
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In message <55562ca4-c85e-4d3b-9ebe-494c22e13d7b at (no spam) p35g2000yqh.googlegro
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Tom McDonald <kiltmac at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
[quote]Your purposes are somewhat different from those of most of us who
might be interested in visiting such museums. For me, and I think for
most folks, photography is a distant second to seeing the artifacts
themselves.
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Possibly.
[quote]I'm not sure I begrudge museums their sales of photography of their
collections. In many (most?) cases, images of the more important
artifacts are probably available on-line anyway.
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1. They don't sell pictures of their collections.
2. Museums that do, don't have the pictures I want - horizontal, never
vertical, and from the angle I want.
3. Yes, on-line is a valuable resource, but I'm talking about the days
when the internet wasn't even a gleam on the horizon.
4. I have no objection to paying a reasonable fee for non-commercial
photography and would expect to pay a commercial fee if I made money
out of the images I take.
[quote]Still, it would be nice to be able to take one's own images in
museums, so long as doing so would not put the artifacts at risk.
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Again, I quite agree. I am not convinced about the dangers of flash,
but am happy to err on the side of caution.
Ken Down
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