Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice story Eric. Too bad -- in my view, at least -- it was clearly unethical behaviour. If I were on the desk the picture would never have seen the light of day. Sneaking cameras in to change the world is one thing. To round out a feature story is a different thing. Bob (that ain't what they taught ME at Mizzou) McEowen In a message dated 11/23/99 10:02:27 PM, ewelch@neteze.com writes: >But he couldn't figure out how to get into the place where she plied her > >trade, so another photographer, Miguel Fairbanks, who now shoots for >National Geographic off and on, offered to do it for him. With the help >of >the teacher, Len Lehman - who works for the San Jose Mercury News when >he's >not teaching - and a woman walked into the place before the photographer > >and pretended to have a fight while the photographer snuck in while >everyone was watching the argument. > >He had an M4P and 35 Summilux under his coat, so he wasn't obvious. He >had >a cable release that he had in his pocket, and threaded it down through >his >pants and into his coat and connected to his camera. Good thing it was >dark >in there, or people might have thought he was doing more than pushing the > >plunger on a cable release! :-) > >He got the picture, and the essay was saved. Maybe we ARE a bit voyeuristic > >after all. :-)