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Where are you from? Most museums I visited specifically banned flash photography. In fact, most banned all photography. Yes, flash definitely damages paintings

by 4ad 10y ago

Where are you from? Most museums I visited specifically banned flash photography. In fact, most banned all photography. Yes, flash definitely damages paintings.

pharrington 10y ago
Museums that ban photography do so for copyright reasons. The radiant energy of the camera flash is minuscule compared to the energy of the other photons lighting whatever you're looking at. Don't leave canvas paintings out in the sun.
- 4ad 10y ago
  > Museums that ban photography do so for copyright reasons. Of course, I wasn't implying otherwise.
BugsJustFindMe 10y ago
In fact, most banned all photography. That's almost always because of overprotective display and reproduction rights agreements, not physical protection of the works themselves.
- 4ad 10y ago
  > That's almost always because of overprotective display and reproduction rights agreements Duh. Of course. Why do you think I would think otherwise? It is, however a very usual practice, which is why I find photography in museums unusual enough to ask for a clarification.
  - itp 10y ago
    That seems like an unnecessarily hostile response. Even if you already knew that, other people reading the conversation might not have known it. There's no call to interpret a declarative statement as a personal attack, or implication that your knowledge was in some fashion lacking.
  - ghaff 10y ago
    In my experience, allowing photography in museums isn't "unusual." I would have said it's more common than not. When it's not allowed in busy museums, I also wonder if one reason isn't to discourage people blocking foot traffic and otherwise getting in the way because they need their fiftieth selfie portrait of the day.
melling 10y ago
yes, I know they specifically ban flash photography. Hence my question. Where am I from? I've lived the New York City area for about 20 years. Does that help? However, I've visited museums in London, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Munich, etc. You see it everywhere. Once in the Musée D'Orsay it was so bad, I mentioned it to some workers as I was leaving. http://m.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html http://m.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html

by 4ad 10y ago

Where are you from? Most museums I visited specifically banned flash photography. In fact, most banned all photography. Yes, flash definitely damages paintings.

pharrington 10y ago

Museums that ban photography do so for copyright reasons. The radiant energy of the camera flash is minuscule compared to the energy of the other photons lighting whatever you're looking at. Don't leave canvas paintings out in the sun.

4ad 10y ago
> Museums that ban photography do so for copyright reasons. Of course, I wasn't implying otherwise.

BugsJustFindMe 10y ago

In fact, most banned all photography. That's almost always because of overprotective display and reproduction rights agreements, not physical protection of the works themselves.

4ad 10y ago
> That's almost always because of overprotective display and reproduction rights agreements Duh. Of course. Why do you think I would think otherwise? It is, however a very usual practice, which is why I find photography in museums unusual enough to ask for a clarification.
- itp 10y ago
  That seems like an unnecessarily hostile response. Even if you already knew that, other people reading the conversation might not have known it. There's no call to interpret a declarative statement as a personal attack, or implication that your knowledge was in some fashion lacking.
- ghaff 10y ago
  In my experience, allowing photography in museums isn't "unusual." I would have said it's more common than not. When it's not allowed in busy museums, I also wonder if one reason isn't to discourage people blocking foot traffic and otherwise getting in the way because they need their fiftieth selfie portrait of the day.

melling 10y ago

yes, I know they specifically ban flash photography. Hence my question. Where am I from? I've lived the New York City area for about 20 years. Does that help? However, I've visited museums in London, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Munich, etc. You see it everywhere. Once in the Musée D'Orsay it was so bad, I mentioned it to some workers as I was leaving. http://m.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html http://m.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html