Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Schiemer wrote: > There was mild controversy surrounding the excising of a single frame from > footage shot by a correspondent in Spain (I'm pretty sure it was Spain). It > showed two soldiers, one standing & one kneeling. The standing soldier was > motioning toward the photographer, the kneeling one was aiming his rifle at > him. There was a trace of muzzle flash. > The single frame was used to advertise an exposition of news photography in > France (Metz, I think it was...). Because it was taken from a motion picture > segment it was thought to be inappropriate use in this way. > Need I mention it was the last footage the filmmaker exposed. I think you are referring to when the TV cameraman Leonardo Henriksson was killed by Pinochetīs soldiers in Santiago. It happened during one of the many military coup attempts leading up to the overthrow of Salvatore Allende. Leonardo worked at the time for Swedish Television. And you are right, he was killed instantly. However, his 16mm movie camera continued to roll, laying on its side in the street. But the blow-ups of the film frames still did not allow for a proper identification of his assassin. Personally I doubt very much that Leonardo Henriksson would have objected to that particular use of his film. Claes