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Originally Posted by barnyb
You are never going to exclude aggressive photographers but you can minimise the risk:
1. fenced off areas at begin and end where only participants can enter.
2. Professional photographers should be managed by ride minders
3. Bit of a tangent - encourage some participants to wear masks so they can maintain their anonymity but still have their bits in the breeze
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Brighton did an excellent job of mitigating pest photographers at the start of the ride...this is where it is most problematic. All riders expect to be photographed by bystanders during the ride, but the frenzy at the start is the main concern...and to a lesser extent at the end. These aggressive photographers on Brighton beach spoiled by what was on all accounts, a superb event. I don't blame that girl for throwing stones one bit.
Once again, these fools are destroyinh the very thing they want to see. Why can't they just sit quietly, passively and look, if that is their bag, rather than thrust SLRs in girls' faces?
The scene at Hyde Park was horrendous. It was 90% male due to the scrum of photographers, and when a woman did remove her top, people were falling over themselves to get near. It was quite frankly a pathetic sight.
Thankfully on the ride itself, the gender balance improved a lot, and there were plenty fully nude or topless women. All male rides give off the wrong image to the public.
Pic attached of the Hyde Park idiots.