Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted wrote: >But the two officers in question were Paris police officers patrolling >around the Arc de Triomph and quite firmly made their point of "no >tripod" and that I was a professional by using one. My niece who was my >guide/escort/ translator in a half dozen languages took up my cause and >explained I was a senior citizen amateur photographer visiting from >Canada and meant no harm by taking a few "snaps" to take home from "your >wonderful city." I can see a situation like this happening to anyone else but, Ted. What really happened: Policeman 1: "Merde, isn't that Ted Grant the famous Canadian photographer over there?" Policeman 2: "Oui. Should we hassle him about the tripod? I mean he is a pro." Policeman 1: "I don't know, but he has an attractive young woman with him." Policeman 2: "Yeah. Can't stand these Leica photographers, they get all the attractive people, and they seem to have talent to burn too." Policeman 1: "Yeah. Let's go over and tell him to pack up his tripod and go back to Canada where they speak that second-rate french." Policeman 2: "Yeah. Alright, lets go." :-) Gary - -- "The difficulty now is that unexceptional adults believe the loss of youthful dreaming is itself "growing up," as though adulthood were the passive conclusion to a doomed activity and hope during adolescence." OO The Uses of Disorder [_]<| Personal Identity and City Life -- Richard Sennett /|\ Gary Elshaw Post-Grad Film Student Victoria University New Zealand http://elshaw.tripod.com/ http://elshaw.tripod.com/photointro.html