Comments on: Snitchtown by Emma Byrne http://hungryblues.net/2009/06/28/snitchtown/ Ben Greenberg's Weblog Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:37:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Emma http://hungryblues.net/2009/06/28/snitchtown/comment-page-1/#comment-109796 Emma Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:16:31 +0000 http://hungryblues.net/?p=1368#comment-109796 I was very nervous about going out and taking these photographs - evidence of the extent to which we have been conditioned not to notice CCTV cameras in the UK[1]. Doing so felt like a small reclamation of civic space. Thank you for bringing these photographs (and the excellent essay that they run alongside) to the attention of your readers. <br><br>[1] Srsly - we're supposed to consider "looking at a CCTV camera" as anti-social behaviour now: <a href="http://is.gd/1i5M6" rel="nofollow">http://is.gd/1i5M6</a> I was very nervous about going out and taking these photographs – evidence of the extent to which we have been conditioned not to notice CCTV cameras in the UK[1]. Doing so felt like a small reclamation of civic space. Thank you for bringing these photographs (and the excellent essay that they run alongside) to the attention of your readers.

[1] Srsly – we're supposed to consider “looking at a CCTV camera” as anti-social behaviour now: http://is.gd/1i5M6

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