No cameras in Nali: Or what?
These “no camera” signs are posted at the entrance and in the courtyard of new Nali Studio. Given that the vast majority of cell phones possess built-in cameras, I foresee challenges in enforcing this edict.
And what’s the point, anyway? To keep people from photographing the broken pottery shards that decorate the courtyard? (Too late, Solana has them, too.)
If anyone knows the rationale behind these signs, please let me know.
A hat tip to SinoScuba for the photos.
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Cell phones are (generally) incapable of producing “printable” images.
Cameras, obviously, can do that.
The basic idea of prohibiting cameras is to provide reassurance to potential “star” customers that the venue is doing what it can to “protect” them from photographs (of them with their ernais, etc.) that could be taken and published.
protecting “star” customers? hogwash.
Please Stop the Insanity……ITS a RULE!! No NEED to Question? Just FOLLOW THE RULES……OBEY I SAY OBEY!!!
That’s how it was explained to me by owners of several clubs here in Beijing, which is somewhat ironic (considering the source of the “hogwash” above) as those explanations came when I was trying to get photos of said clubs for an English-language periodical a couple of years back…
…almost all “photos of people having fun” that we eventually ran were either sourced from the club owner, or taken by a staff photographer of “friends of the magazine” pretending to be guests on discounted drinks.
Of course, a series of independent experiences over 18 months a couple years back doesn’t make a general rule. So what reasons has The Beijinger heard, m-dawg?
Star sightings at Nali, anyone?
I met a Chinese TV celeb at Let’s Burger….seriously.
@ Shannon,
Individual clubs, yeah. Shopping malls, hmmm…
It’s going to be pretty hard to enforce at a place such as Nali Studio, so all those celebrities shopping at Pantry Magic are going to have to live with being photographed as they buy cast-iron frying pans.
Cheers, Boyce