White House photo ban, Selfie partners, celebrate — the White House is lifting a photograph boycott on open visits that has been set up for over four decades.
The move, reported Wednesday morning and taking effect right now, will permit guests to snap photographs as they advance through 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
"Visitors are currently welcome to take photographs all through the White House visit course and keep those recollections for a lifetime," an announcement said.
Michelle Obama uncovered the change of approach in a Wednesday morning Instagram post, showing up in a feature tearing up a sign that peruses, "No photographs or social networking permitted."
On the off chance that you've been on a White House visit, you may have seen this sign," holding up the bit of paper. "All things considered, not any longer," she shouts as she shreds it.
The White House, which said the boycott has been set up over 40 years, empowered visit takers in an announcement "to share their experience utilizing the hashtag #WhiteHouseTour."
Among the things now allowed on the visit: telephones minimized still cameras with a lens three inches or less.
While photographs are currently permitted, the White House notes photography "may not meddle with the pleasure in different visitors on the visit." And camcorders, cameras with separable lenses, tablets, tripods, monopords and camera sticks are all still no-no's on the visi
The move, reported Wednesday morning and taking effect right now, will permit guests to snap photographs as they advance through 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
"Visitors are currently welcome to take photographs all through the White House visit course and keep those recollections for a lifetime," an announcement said.
Michelle Obama uncovered the change of approach in a Wednesday morning Instagram post, showing up in a feature tearing up a sign that peruses, "No photographs or social networking permitted."
On the off chance that you've been on a White House visit, you may have seen this sign," holding up the bit of paper. "All things considered, not any longer," she shouts as she shreds it.
The White House, which said the boycott has been set up over 40 years, empowered visit takers in an announcement "to share their experience utilizing the hashtag #WhiteHouseTour."
Among the things now allowed on the visit: telephones minimized still cameras with a lens three inches or less.
While photographs are currently permitted, the White House notes photography "may not meddle with the pleasure in different visitors on the visit." And camcorders, cameras with separable lenses, tablets, tripods, monopords and camera sticks are all still no-no's on the visi
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