What follows is the take of a photographer, Olivia Locher, on a series of laws across USA that she finds weird. The title of her work is ‘I Fought the Law’ and she has depicted her point of view via photographs. When asked about how she came up with the idea for this, she said; ‘A friend brought up in conversation that it’s illegal to carry an ice-cream cone in your back pocket. A long period of time passed from that conversation but I kept finding myself thinking about it. Then I did some initial research and quickly discovered that there wasn’t a shortage of interesting laws. I knew it would be a great photography project!’
Enjoy the pictures below. All pictures are courtesy of Olivia Locher.
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In South Dakota it’s unlawful to cause static
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In Alabama it is illegal to have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at all times
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In Washington it’s illegal to paint polka dots on the American flag
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In Kansas it’s illegal to serve wine in teacups
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In Oklahoma it’s illegal to make love to an automobile
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In New Mexico defacing rocks is a crime
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In Maryland hammering a nail into a tree is punishable by a fifty dollar fine
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In Vermont it is illegal to use colored margarine in restaurants unless the menu indicates you do
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In Florida a person may not appear in public clothed in liquid latex
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In New Jersey a person can be arrested for slurping soup in public
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In Nevada it is illegal for men who have mustaches to kiss women
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In Kentucky it’s illegal to paint your lawn red
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In Rhode Island it is illegal to wear transparent clothing
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In Maine it’s unlawful to tickle women under the chin with a feather duster
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In Utah no one may walk down the street carrying a paper bag containing a violin
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In Alaska no person may drive a vehicle when there are three people in the front seat
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In Connecticut pickles must bounce to officially be considered pickles
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In Wisconsin it is illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese
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In Texas it is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts
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In Hawaii coins are not allowed to be placed in ones ears
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In California nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool
RE: New Mexico – this is to prevent idiots from defacing rocks that have ancient Indian petroglyphs on them.
RE: Maryland – Most likely this is to prevent eco-warriors from driving nails into trees. Which causes lumberjack chainsaws to bounce back out of the tree (or the chain blade to break and whip out) and potentially kill ir maim the chainsaw operator.
As for Utah: I’ve lived here over 40 years and couldn’t start to guess!