Image credit: Connor Burkesmith
Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Pesala Bandara]
Two photographers have sued the National Park Service (NPS) claiming that its photography permit requirements violate First Amendment rights.
Nature and sports photographers Alexander Rienzie and Connor Burkesmith filed the lawsuit against NPS, with the aim of overturning its “unconstitutional permit-and-fee scheme that charges Americans for the right to film in public spaces.”
According to the lawsuit, Rienzie and Burkesmith wanted to film athlete Michelino Sunseri’s attempt to break the record for the fastest climb up the Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming in September.