Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Linda Butler spent 3 years photographing the Yangtze river. You may want to contact her and ask. I think if you stress that if any pictures you take at all would be more on the landscape variety and the "glorious culture of the Chinese civilization," they may be more willing to stamp approval. Don't mention photographing minorities, or that you will go out of the usual travel route etc. You will stick out like a sore thumb just because you don't look Chinese, so I wouldn't worry too much about equipments making you more strange. Do keep low profile. Bow a lot. Just a slight tip of your head and smile. Learn a few words of Mandarin, constant "thank you" will open doors for you. At 01:24 PM 9/23/2005, Tina Manley wrote: >LUG: > >I need your expert advice again. They called today from the Chinese >embassy about my visa application. I had put on the application that I >was a photographer - evidently a no, no. I had to agree to either write a >letter saying that I would not be taking photos professionally while I am >in China or change my profession on the application to Housewife. That's >a no-brainer. I changed the profession to Housewife (my husband is still >laughing). > >What I want to know is, will I run into problems trying to take photos >with professional-looking equipment? Do I leave my business cards at >home? Do I not ask people to sign model releases? What kind of trouble >can I get into? I'm definitely planning on taking photos to sell as stock >but should I try to keep a low profile? No photo vest? No camera bags? I >had asked the family that we are renting an apartment from to make >arrangements for me to stay with a family in the country for a few nights >to take photographs, since that is what I do in most countries. They said >that would not be a problem. Will it? > >Thanks in advance! > >Tina // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)