Timeline for Traveling to Amish country
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| Feb 2, 2015 at 20:39 | comment | added | CGCampbell | Try taking photos in NYC, not of the buildings or sites, but of the people.... soon as you get out of the hospital, come back and tell us about your experiences :) | |
| Feb 2, 2015 at 18:10 | history | edited | DJClayworth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 15, 2014 at 14:40 | vote | accept | easymoden00b | ||
| Dec 11, 2014 at 3:22 | comment | added | Flimzy | Agreed that it's not forbidden in a legal sense, but that's not what the question asks anyway. The question asks "Do they allow cameras for pictures?" and many of them do not. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 20:16 | history | edited | DJClayworth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2014 at 20:14 | comment | added | DJClayworth | @Flimzy There's a variety of view on photographs from the Amish, though none of them like being viewed as tourist attractions. Here is an article summarizing the different views.. In any case it is not 'forbidden' in the sense that you will be arrested or fined for taking photographs - you will just upset people a lot. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 19:26 | comment | added | Flimzy |
As I elaborated in my own answer, and one other, It is not forbidden to take photographs is pretty much wrong. I would +1 if you felt like changing this aspect of your answer.
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| Dec 10, 2014 at 17:17 | comment | added | Szabolcs | @Alexander Yes, that's right. In fact in my experience some of them may hint that they won't mind if you take pictures of them for as long as it's done out of public view ... might just be a way to motivate tourists for more generous tips ... (But no, I didn't take photos of anyone there). So as DJClayworth said it's about politeness and may depend on the person. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 17:14 | comment | added | Alexander | @Szabolcs But they won't object if you bring a camera for the landscape and/or the architecture. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 17:07 | comment | added | Szabolcs | Regarding photos: when visiting an Amish place we were told that they do not have any images (paintings, photos) because it would be considered idolatry. For this reason it might be considered insensitive to their faith to take photos of them. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 4:13 | history | edited | DJClayworth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 9, 2014 at 22:12 | history | answered | DJClayworth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |