[Leica] Are we anal puddle jumpers or what? Mark

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Are you maybe talking about the concept "surreptitious"
1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized;
clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
2.
acting in a stealthy way.


- - from my iRabs.
Mark Rabiner
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/


> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:02:48 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Are we anal puddle jumpers or what? Mark
> 
> 
> Le 20 juin 12 ? 02:10, Mark Rabiner a ?crit :
> 
>> Tell us what the connotations ARE please if you have the time!!!?!?
>> To A la sauvette.
>>>> 
> 
> 
> SNIP
> 
>>>> 
>>>>> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:45:34 +0200
>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Are we anal puddle jumpers or what?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just for your information the original title in French is NOT the
>>>>> decisive moment,
>>>>> it is "A la sauvette"
>>>>> which probably doesn't translate well
>>>>> but conveys the idea that permission was not granted,
>>>>> and that the action was probably swift so that surrounding people
>>>>> wouldn't notice it;
>>>>> cf. end of video #2  of HCB hopping along on the streets of Paris
>>>>> and
>>>>> shooting by instinct,
>>>>> sometimes nearly bumping into passers-by to get the shot.
>>>>> REM: He'd get a new set of teeth everyday if he were to try this
>>>>> nowadays ...
>> 
> 
> 
> I might add that it refers to illegal sales in public areas due to a
> lack of licens/ce to do so, aka Vente ? la Sauvette.
> For instance, and tourists know the pain these can be, people selling
> stuff "? la sauvette" - models of the Eiffel tower, carpets, lottery
> or football tickets, etc.  - runs the risk of up to 6 months in jail
> and/or a $5,000 fine.
> 
> He states in the document: "We (photogs) steal, we're pickpockets"
> which is along the same idea of breaching the law or people's rights -
> to privacy here.
> 
> On the fly doesn't carry this I think, but who am I to ... English is
> NOT my mother tongue after all :-(
> 
> 
> AMiti?s
> Philippe in Lorraine.
> 
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