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The US Navy Wrongfully Detained a Photographer Twice

Chris Gampat
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04/15/2013
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Last Updated on 04/15/2013 by Chris Gampat

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According to a report that was shared via the Click, the US Navy wrongfully detained a photographer out on an assignment to take photos. The photographer, Nic Coury, was standing on the sidewalk taking images when a Navel officer approached him and asked him to delete the images when he tried taking photos of the Navel Postgraduate School. When he tried calling his editor, they thought he was playing an April Fool’s Joke. However, he wasn’t–and the Navy agreed to only let him go if he deleted his images.

Editor Mary Duan unfortunately didn’t know what her publication’s rights were in terms of capturing images of military installations from a public space. But days later, Duan sent Coury again–and the same thing happened. “I get a text: “Pick up your phone. They’re calling Monterey PD to take my camera.” states Duan’s recollection.

Later on though, the Navy admitted that they were wrong in a statement saying, “…We have no authority to detain personnel outside the base on public property. The training issue is being addressed and we will provide lessons learned to other bases.'”

Mary Duan Nic Coury Photography US US NAvy Weekly
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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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