THAT'S what i'm talkin' bout! - Mona Nomura

Come on everyone--if Louis Gray can pick up a shovel and "digg" it, you can too! - Anna Haro

Hehe..I just front paged the story on TGM and told the fanbois to digg it. - Candace

I still don't understand why it hasn't reached 200 yet??? SO confused. Come ON FFers! - Mona Nomura

Looks like a petty tyrant to me. In my opinion he must be a frustrated artist who has to work in a museum to be close to stuff he can't make himself.It would make him cross to see people actually making art! - Pete Gilbert

Pete, did you digg it? The more people hear about this, the more some sort of action will be taken against the "Director of Visitor Relations". It is NOT ok to treat people like that! - Mona Nomura

180, and I don't know if this helps: http://friendfeed.com/eldiabl... but I liked a lot. - Pete Delucchi

YES! - Mona Nomura

I digged (dug) it. - Pete Gilbert

HIGH FIVE! - Mona Nomura

Pete, now add digg service to your FF, and all is complete. - Pete Delucchi

Service added. I hope this guy Googles his name sometime soon. What a jerk. - Pete Gilbert

What he needs is a reality check. Director of Customer Relations, my left ass cheek. Seriously. - Mona Nomura

Can I just add, although this guy was a jerk, it's not him we are fighting, but the right to take photographs without being branded as a criminal. - Pete Gilbert

+1 Pete and I agree. I do think Thomas is owed an apology and, I also think the museum needs to make it very clear to *everyone* their policy. He took a great picture in the museum..when is that a bad thing? - Candace

It's both, imo. - Mona Nomura

I could've chosen a layover in SF or LA on my way to Denver in October. I'll be having my In-n-Out burger in LA - Stephen Cropp

Chris White, may I respectfully ask if you read Thomas Hawk's piece? - Mona Nomura

Ding! 200! http://digg.com/travel_... - Pete Delucchi

FINALLY! It's about time! - Mona Nomura

Dugg. - Lisa L. Seifert

This is democracy RPG in action. The meme has reached level 4, half-elf druid warrior. - Pete Delucchi

Shouldn't someone put this on Slashdot? Is it still OK to say that these days? - Pete Gilbert

Does that make me... upgraded from bacon status? Finally?? - Mona Nomura

Mona, only when it hits the front page. - Amit Morson

Hey, what's wrong with Slashdot?! - Candace

@Chris - I'm not tarring the whole city like this one man. Only that on this is pretty bad PR for the publicly funded/supported museum. As someone from outside the US, PR is everything and this doesn't do well to make me want to spend my money there. SFO may or may not be better. I've only ever been via LAX in the past. Was considering SF given that all flights had at least a half day in either city. Don't intend to stay in the airport the whole time I'm there. - Stephen Cropp

Sigh,more of the same. Seems like I hear more and more of these stories. It is truely sad that in an art museam, someone is stopped while persueing an art form. Photography is art, an expression to the world of the artist perspective. I'd join in with the DSLR day if I lived on your side of the pond. - Roberto Bonini

As a photographer as a hobby, I always carry a copy of the photographer's rights. http://www.krages.com/phorigh... Many people are misinformed about the use of personal cameras. The parapazzi are a lot to blame for this attitude however. - Jack Wilson, K4SAC

I'm sorry, and yes, this is bad PR, but this seems a lot of pushing the interpretation due to lack of knowledge of technical terms. As Nathan pointed out in another thread, it did say "handheld" cameras. Of course, everyone will argue that a DSLR is technically a handheld camera if you can hold it in your hand, but unless you're an idiot, you'd interpret that as a point 'n shoot. I don't expect everyone will recognize lenses. Shoot, *I* can't tell the difference and I live way more camera equipment than... - Cyndy

... I will ever understand. Lastly, it smacks of "do you know who I am? I'll BLOG this" which I find offensive. I notice than anyone on Digg who tried to interject with reason or common sense was buried, especially the ones who asked why you'd join a museum just to take pictures in it instead of just experiencing other people's art. - Cyndy

Obviously a brain dead employee that didn't read the new handbook yet - Charlie Anzman

Cyndy: There's also the fact that we are totally going by one person's say-so and reporting of the incident. I gather the dude is a fairly well known blogger in photography circles, but it's still amazing how much this is pushing people's buttons and getting their blood to boil with a sense of injustice. It's sort of a scary mob scene. - ⓞnor

Of course, someone could phone the museum and ask them to comment on the situation for the record. It would be in everyone's interest, and, you know, someone here could do it. - j1m

I love how his excuse was that he needed to "protect" his employees -- as if the employees who would be in the photos work for the Director of Visitor Relations, and they need his protection, and not letting somebody use a big camera in their vicinity would somehow protect them from something. - Gabe

Cyndy: I guess I'm an idiot, because I interpret "handheld" camera to mean a camera held in one's hand, as opposed to on a tripod. Most museums without absurd photography policies allow visitors to take photos, just not use flashes or camera supports (monopods or tripods). I've never heard of a policy where you can take as many photos as you want as long as they're crappy (because you can't use a good camera). - Gabe

Larger issues are: Patriot act, DMCA, public/private rights, IP law. In light of that, I marvel at gregory's efficient 3-word reductionist comment. - Richard ¿digame? Walker