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Under Fire In Strasbourg

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Saturday 4 April 2009: Strasbourg, France, was the scene of the 2009 NATO Summit.

Teaser Film: Under Fire In Strasbourg

This short two-minute film I put together this afternoon to give a hint of the material gathered this year, especially over the last week, with the G20 protests in London that left one man dead and the anti-NATO protests in Strasbourg. Also it heralds the being work for one of my old time favourite bands Senser.

 

The film is also there to depict what photojournalists and and other camera operators go through to get the footage and stills out, which is not easy when you’re pinned down between the CRS riot squad and Black Bloc, and have tear gas and rubber bullets coming in from the right and rocks, fireworks and molotovs coming in from the left.

There will be more on the Strasbourg protests and the London G20 riots coming out over the next few weeks.

All material on this blog – stills, video and print – is (c) Jason N. Parkinson 2009. All Rights Reserved.

Please contact the AUTHOR for access to any material and the extensive five-year video archive.

jasonnparkinson@gmail.com

>Conference: I’m A Photographer, Not A Terrorist!

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On Thursday 26 February, following the highly successful media event, NUJ members organised an ‘I’m A Photographer, Not A Terrorist – Know Your Rights’ meeting.

The meeting was hosted by Photo-Forum and was chaired by Jess Hurd. The evening was introduced by photographer Peter Macdiarmid, with solicitor Anna Mazzola (Hickman and Rose Solicitors) and photographer Andrew Wiard.

Photograph courtesy of David Hoffman

The first film, Know Your Rights, on terrorism legislation features Anna Mazzola and Peter Macdiarmid.

Photograph courtesy of Marc Vallee

The second film, The UK Press Card: Past, Present and Future, features Andrew Wiard, freelance photographer, who speaks about the history and the future of the press card.

Photo-Forum is organised by NUJ photographers as a place for working photographers across the spectrum to bring images, ideas, photo stories, approaches and work in progress for supportive debate and criticism. It runs monthly on the second Thursday of the month in Central London.

All material on this blog – stills, video and print – is (c) Jason N. Parkinson 2009. All Rights Reserved.

Please contact the AUTHOR for access to any material and the extensive five-year video archive.

jasonnparkinson@gmail.com

>Met Investigation Into Obstruction of Journalists by Police

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Following the widely reported incident at the London Greek Embassy, one of several that day, on Monday 8 December – and a barage of damning articles and statements from the NUJ, BJP, Journalism.co.uk and Press Gazette, The Metropolitan Police Force have immediately called for an investigation into the incident that was caught by myself on film, while delivering footage to Sky News and Associated Press.

All material on this blog – stills, video and print – is (c) Jason N. Parkinson 2008. All Rights Reserved.

Please contact the AUTHOR for access to any material and the extensive four-year video archive.

jasonnparkinson@gmail.com

Who Killed Ricky Bishop: Custody Deaths

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22 November 2008 was the seventh aniversary of the death of Ricky Bishop, who died in custody at Brixton police station after being arrested following a stop-and-search that gave no reason for the arrest.

All material on this blog – stills, video and print – is (c) Jason N. Parkinson 2008. All Rights Reserved.

Please contact the AUTHOR for access to any material and the extensive four-year video archive.

jasonnparkinson@gmail.com