Under the Eye/Garde a L’oeil

Apres l’événement du 11 septembre 2001 et l’attentat londonien de juillet 2005, une certain peur se fait ressentir. A l’écart des regards des lois se sont mise en place et font une sorte de barrière de protections pour les citoyens britannique. Une des lois qui a été introduite pour combattre des actes de terrorismes, donne la possibilité aux officiers de police de systématiquement arrêter et chercher sous suspicions des photographes, amateur ou professionnelle dans des endroit publics (Section 43 of the terrorism Act).

Il semblerait que plus la densité de la population augmente, plus la crainte du simple citoyen se fait ressentir et devient prétexte pour la création de nouvelles lois visant à augmenter le sentiment de sécurité.

Following the events of 9/11 and the London terrorist attack in July 2005, a level of fear seems to have been built up. Away from plain sight, laws have been put in place to create a form of protection for the british citizens. One of these laws put into place in order to help fight terrorism allows police officers to stop and search any photographer whether they be amateur or professional, in public areas (Section 43 of the terrorism Act).

It appears that as population density increases, so does the fear of other people. This becomes the pretense for creating new laws in order to increase the sense of security.

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About Claire Kern

I am currently a student at the university of Wales, Newport, on the BA(HONS) Documentary photography course. I am also currently working as a freelance photographer.

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