Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/08

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Subject: [Leica] Murder amongst beauty
From: al.crouch at earthlink.net (Al Crouch)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:38:08 -0500

Unless the authorities needed photographs and asked me help document the
scene, I don't think I could take any shots.   It seems such an invasion of
a tragic private personal event.   If my son were the victim, I would not
like to think of a stranger snapping photographs of his death scene.   



> [Original Message]
> From: Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie>
> To: <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: 7/8/2009 1:42:09 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Murder amongst beauty
>
> On holidays at our house in Killarney Co. Kerry in June, and I came
across 
> the totally unexpected - a murder scene. A 17 year old schoolboy's body
lies 
> in the blue and white tent while the gardai (police) question passing 
> motorists. I was driving down the Ross Road to Ross Castle to take some 
> landscape pictures when I came across this tragic scene. He had been
stabbed 
> in the back.
>
> I was the first photographer on the scene but was filled with sadness
rather 
> than opportunity. I have a 17 year old boy too.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/rossroadmurder1.jpg.html
>
> Douglas
> _________
> Douglas Barry
> Bray, Co. Wicklow
> Republic of Ireland 
>
>
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