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Post by woody77 on Jul 31, 2013 21:17:25 GMT
It appears that photography is no longer allowed inside the Musée d'Orsay. Found out today when we were politely accosted by a worker, and they pointed to the signs we'd missed walking in (we had started with lunch at the restaurant, and then went on to the displays).
If they're clamping down on it at the Orsay, which is so lightly travelled, I wonder what it's like at the others?
Places where I know we can photograph:
- Ste Chapelle
- Rodin Museum (not the marble expo, but the converted hotel and the garden)
- ?
Places where you currently can't:
- Musée d'Orsay
- ?
If people comment, I'll try to keep this up to date.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2013 21:40:38 GMT
The two main places in Paris where photography is forbidden are the Orsay and Sacré Cœur. There is no logic to either, and I don't know who decides such things.
At the Orsay, they still allow people to take photos up around the two giant clocks. And I have also seen that nobody seems to be bothered when they reach the top level and take a panoramic view of the lower floors. But the artworks are most certainly forbidden.
Another place where I was prevented from taking photos was the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal behind the Bon Marché. There are signs that say "no flash photography" but there are wardens who prevent people from taking any photos at all inside the chapel. Hint: it is much easier to sneak photos from the upper level of the chapel.
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Post by woody77 on Aug 1, 2013 18:02:50 GMT
Kerouac, thanks for the info on that. Apparently the Orsay was a recent change?
They weren't giving people problems around the clocks (which I got some great photos from), but they nabbed us for using DSLRs, nowhere near art. I was just taking a panorama of the whole place (albeit from about 10m from the main entrance)...
I saw a few other people sneaking photos, but I'd just put the camera away at that point.
Anyway, it was a good reminder that a museum without a camera is enjoyed differently.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 18:05:41 GMT
I don't know exactly when the Orsay changed, but everybody says that photos used to be permitted. I think it changed at least 4 or 5 years ago, though.
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Post by AMSYDNEY on Nov 14, 2013 12:56:58 GMT
We were very disappointed that last two times we were in Paris we could not take photographs in Musee D'Orsay. The changes are relatively recent. We were there in 2008 and photographs were permitted. 2010 and 2012 they were not. Visitors still take them. A very shortsighted and backward decision I think.
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Post by Bigglesworth on Nov 20, 2013 21:32:33 GMT
It surprises me that the Musee Louvre allows flash photographs. I thought that the light from flash leaches the colours out of artworks.
You can manage sneaky photros at dOrsay, just don't use flash. "Starry Night" in particular was very popular with photographers with not a security guard in sight!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 21:34:00 GMT
Flash photography is not allowed in any art museum in France.
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Post by rikita on Dec 8, 2013 22:51:07 GMT
i think reasons for forbidding photography could have to do with some copyright issues (i know that in some exhibitions it is forbidden if a lot of the art work is loaned and the owner does not want it photographed - much easier to forbid photography altogether than only of certain pieces), sometimes it might be to encourage people to buy official photos (post cards) of the art work (after all, at least here, museums are usually struggling for money - some also charge for extra photo permits instead), and sometimes it might be because experience shows that it is easier to forbid photography altogether than to forbid flash photography (people will forget to turn off their flash all the time, or not even know how to - but if they just sneak photos, they usually remember to turn off the flash, as else they'd get caught) - and als bigglesworth says, the light from the flash is damaging to artwork.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2013 7:42:53 GMT
I certainly do not want people using flashes for my own viewing comfort, but I wonder technically how many flashes it would actually take to "damage" an artwork. I would tend to think it is along the lines of how many hectolitres of Coca-Cola it would take to give cancer to a rat or something like that.
Of course, even it was determined that no damage is caused until you reach the level of 10,000 flashes, we all know that it would not take very long at all at many museums for their famous artworks to be flashed that many times.
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Post by fumobici on Dec 9, 2013 19:19:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2013 19:43:38 GMT
I will admit that I did not read every single word of the article (even though I read most of it), but I am very pleased to see that the subject has been studied quite thoroughly, even if not everybody agrees.
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