Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] leica greetings....
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 16:53:16 -0800

Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> 
> a while back i was at an Event photographing a politican and at the Event,
> photographing the same politician, there's a guy with a contax G2 -- i
> assume he's a shooter for some local rag, i'm shooting with my m6 and a
> diana (don't ask me why). but i see this guy w/ the g2 and i'm like, "hey,
> another rangefinder dude," so i smile, lift my camera to my eye to grab a
> shot of him and his contax and he puts his hand out in front of my lens
> and says very sternly and matter-of-factly "do not photograph me."
> 
> weird thing for a photojournalist to say in a public place, don't you
> think?
> 
><Snip> 
I photographed another photojournalist while out doing my thing and got a stern
note from my editor about it. He had complained to her. She said there is a rule
about photographing other photojournalists. I say they were both full of bull!
Anything that walks is fair game as far as I am concerned!
Mark Rabiner