The Reason Why No Photography is Allowed in the Sistine Chapel | Mental Floss

Visitors to the chapel will find their experience peppered with terse shouts of “No photo! No video!” from security guards.

In return for funding the renovation, Nippon TV received the exclusive rights to photography and video of the restored art, as well as photos and recordings of the restoration process by photographer Takashi Okamura, who was commissioned by Nippon TV. ..