Re: [Leica] Squares and sabotage

[Ruralmopics@aol.com]

Nice story Eric. Too bad -- in my view, at least -- it was clearly unethical 
behaviour. If I were on the desk the picture would never have seen the light 
of day.

Sneaking cameras in to change the world is one thing. To round out a feature 
story is a different thing.

Bob (that ain't what they taught ME at Mizzou) McEowen


In a message dated 11/23/99 10:02:27 PM, ewelch@neteze.com writes:

>But he couldn't figure out how to get into the place where she plied her
>
>trade, so another photographer, Miguel Fairbanks, who now shoots for 
>National Geographic off and on, offered to do it for him. With the help
>of 
>the teacher, Len Lehman - who works for the San Jose Mercury News when
>he's 
>not teaching - and a woman walked into the place before the photographer
>
>and pretended to have a fight while the photographer snuck in while 
>everyone was watching the argument.
>
>He had an M4P and 35 Summilux under his coat, so he wasn't obvious. He
>had 
>a cable release that he had in his pocket, and threaded it down through
>his 
>pants and into his coat and connected to his camera. Good thing it was
>dark 
>in there, or people might have thought he was doing more than pushing the
>
>plunger on a cable release! :-)
>
>He got the picture, and the essay was saved. Maybe we ARE a bit voyeuristic
>
>after all. :-)