Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/01

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Subject: Re: Paparazzi &Princess Di
From: Detlef Beyer <d.beyer@hermes.de>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 09:13:07 +0200

Hi Ted,

>that is a great shame for our reputation!  Hell they aren't photographers,
>they
>are manipulators of a picture taking all auto everything box that captures =
an
>image on light sensitive material.
>

they are all photographers - don't be so arrogant to believe that only
manual focus prevents the real photographer (but thanxs - I never owned a
autofocus). They are getting more money for the pictures then a lot of
"real" ones - so they are realy professionell.

>Now it appears 7 guys have been arrested and the police have confiscated th=
e
>film and will have it processed to see just what they were shooting and how
>close they were working alongside the car.
>

If you drive a 3 tons car with 150km/h through a city - you should think
about the possibility beeing killed in that situation...

>Not only that, but the bastards started to shoot them in the car after the
>crash
>without even trying to help, even though they were beyond help.
>So now at the moment, 3 human beings dead, another probably on life
>support, and
>one of these guys has affered the pictures for 1 million dollars. That is o=
f
>course if he gets them back from the French police. And the French police
>can be
>the most mean assed mothers you can deal with if they get their dander up.
>

Now you are doing exactly what pushed the paparazzi behind her - you read
newspapers, watch tv and you like and believe what you see. Or did you talk
to one of the photographers or a police man? Were did you get your facts
from?
I don't like this kind of work too and I hate people who don't help with
1st aid - but you have to see, that the news about the accident is exactly
the same paparazzi style.

>And the fact that two very high profile folks were killed on French soil
>in the
>capital city of Paris, the cops and officials are going to come down with
>a big
>heavy sledge hammer I'm sure. It certainly will be an interesting situation=
 to
>follow!
>

It's allways the same: people love easy black & white readings of
situations. Diana used the press as the press used her...

Cheers,

Detlef

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