SF MOMA Changes Photography Policy, Non-Flash Photography Now Allowed
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Whether or not photography is allowed, and what kind of equipment is allowed, varies not only by museum or installation, but by collection or exhibit. Where it is allowed or disallowed, the museum is unlikely to draw a distinction between a point-and-shoot and a DSLR; after all, a DSLR from 10 or 12 years ago is probably not the equal of a modern smartphone camera. It is the act of taking a photo, and not the equipment you use to take it, that has legal or physical implications. Of the seven museum policies I have quoted below, only one even mentions camera size.
Still photography is permitted for private, noncommercial use only in the Museum's galleries devoted to the permanent collection. Photographs cannot be published, sold, reproduced, transferred, distributed, or otherwise commercially exploited in any manner whatsoever. Photography is not permitted in special exhibitions or areas designated as "No Photography"; works of art on loan from private collections or other institutions may not be photographed. The use of flash is prohibited at all times and in all galleries. Movie and video cameras are prohibited. Tripods are allowed Monday through Friday, and only with a permit issued by the Information Desk in the Great Hall.
Anywhere you can be, non-flash photography is fine. There may be exceptions but I never saw them. You can take a non flash photo anywhere. There are restrictions on rather the photo is for publication, sale, or personal use, but for a normal person, taking a non-flash photo is fine.
Prominent exhibitions SFMOMA has organized in recent years that have traveled around the world include: Sol LeWitt, A Retrospective (2000), Ansel Adams at 100 (2001), Eva Hesse (2002), Diane Arbus, Revelations (2003), Richard Tuttle, The Art of Richard Tuttle (2005), Chuck Close, Self Portraits (2005), Robert Bechtle, A Retrospective (2005), Shomei Tomatsu, Skin of the Nation (2006). Upcoming is the first American retrospective of Olafur Eliasson, slated to open at SFMOMA in September 2007. In 2008 the museum revised its public photography policy to allow non-flash photography for personal use of the permanent collection and some special exhibitions.
John,The very first thing I did was check with a guard just inside the entrance and ask what the museum's policy was toward photography. He was a very friendly and helpful fellow and told me that non-flash photography was fine, but that flash could not be used.
I would second the motion from John Woods about the British Library Exhibition.It's called "Points of View" and covers the first 60 years of photography using prints from their collection. The prints are lit well enough to see and its a great tour through the hectic technical changes in photography through the nineteenth century. It you can't make it to London the exhibition is on-lineat:
Bourke-White opened her first studio in Cleveland, OH, where she experimented with industrial photography. In 1929, Bourke-White was hired for Fortune as their first staff photographer. Working there, she was allowed to document the Soviet industry. 2b1af7f3a8