This is not a photo but a very good drawing, honest.

London Art Blog has recently splashed out on a camera, I’ve been kind of trigger happy ever since. Increasingly though the amateur photographer is being treated like a criminal; its gone so far I feel like a smoker or a motorist.

You can’t take photos in private without people’s permission, you can take anyone’s photo in public (although they are invariably unhappy about it) as long as they aren’t the police, a government agency or under the ages of 18 – remember were all potential pedophiles under the all-seeing-eye. Certain areas like tube stations, train stations and military sites are now being policed as no go areas for photographers; ironic when in the space of five minutes in London you’ve been photographed yourself to the tune of about 10,000 frames.

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Broadly the interference of gallery owners and directors, curators, super collectors, university lecturers, art theorists and the media are the major factors sullying the art world.

Artists spineless enough to cater for the above are of course the real evil.

1. Nobody knows what good art looks like.

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