Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted grant wrote: >However, your point and Johnny's are well taken and I can understand being >there as a photojournalist at the request of the family. I did this last year at Arlington National Cemetery. It was an interesting experience and a great justification for shooting an M (for their quietness). Even though it was the widow who hired me I still felt very self conscious and tried to keep my distance while still getting the shots they wanted. Other than this, the only real challenge was the government funeral director who apparently thought he was Secret Service (he wore shades, screeched around in a car with lights and generally behaved like a self-important jerk) Despite my best efforts at being discreet, he started yelling at me during the ceremony even though the family had told them they had hired me. I really wanted to say something, but obviously that wasn't the time, and any complaint really had to come from the family, not me. But as a veteran myself, and also as a photographer trying to do a job for a bereaved family, it did burn me up. Simon Stevens