For over 40 years, visitors have been instructed not to take photos in the White House. Today, Michelle Obama revealed a change in policy by ripping a sign in half in a video on her Instagram account: A video posted by First Lady Michelle Obama (@michelleobama) on Jul 1, 2015 at 4:47am PDT Visitors still can't bring in video cameras, cameras with detachable lenses, tablets, tripods, monopods, or camera sticks.