Seattle Surveillance Society?

Jarmick, in blue on the left, talks with a photographer at the Camerahead Project
demonstration in Cal Anderson Park July 26. On the right, KOMO 4 interviews a volunteer.

Some call the media the fourth arm of the government because of its ability to check the government with investigative reporting. In "You're On Camera," Martin Jarmick captures Seattleite reactions to the emerging policy of anonymous public surveillance with his own video camera. The five-minute video features a representative from the ACLU, artist Paul Strong Jr, and Seattle residents.

Jarmick is part of a growing trend in journalism towards internet publishing. He films for SeattleIAM.com, a site devoted to news and feature stories produced by independent photojournalists in Seattle. He also contributed to the Camerahead story that ran here a few weeks ago.

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