Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Independent media" is more of an affiliation than I would be comfortable with. Besides, in the context of the WTO thrash, the Independent Media folks were a loose but nonetheless discreet group of journos and media types that were videotaping (for the most part) events on the streets. I'll stick with my orginal answer---once I cranked that one out, people seemed pleased to avoid me. Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 12:47 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Street photography > The only problem with "independent media" as a response is that many a > demonstrator will take that to mean "cop." > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John > > Brownlow > > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 10:05 PM > > To: LUG > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Street photography > > > > > > on 31/7/00 7:29 pm, Chuck Albertson at chucko@siteconnect.com wrote: > > > > > I was photographing the Last Demo in the waning days of the WTO debacle, > > > when one of the demonstrators accosted me and demanded to know > > if I was a > > > cop (nope). Then, was I a member of the news media? (No, > > again.) Then, what > > > was I doing taking all those pictures? > > > > > > I gave her my demented Peter Sellers grin and said, "I like to > > watch." I got > > > a disgusted look, and wasn't bothered after that. > > > > The 'correct' answer in these circumstances is 'independent media'. This > > means whatever you and they want it to. > > -- > > Johnny Deadman > > > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > > > > > > >