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Subject: [Leica] bush...not OT
From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 07:55:13 -0700

here's a tough one, especially for photojournalists...(are 
you ready Ted?)

you must answer, you are on your honour- what would you do?
...your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous.

You're in Florida...in Miami, to be exact... There is great 
chaos going on around you, caused by a hurricane and severe 
floods. There are huge masses of water all over you. You are 
a CNN photographer and you are in the middle of this great 
disaster.
The situation is nearly hopeless.
You are  trying to shoot very impressive photos. There are 
houses and people floating around you, disappearing into the 
water. Nature is showing
  all its destroying power and is ripping everything away 
with it. Suddenly you see a man in the water, he is fighting 
for his life, trying not
  to be taken away by the masses of water and mud. You move 
closer. The man looks familiar. Suddenly you know who it is 
- - it's George W. Bush!
At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about 
to take him away, forever. You have two options. You can 
save him or you can take the best photo of your life.

So you can save the life of George W. Bush, or you  can 
shoot a Pulitzer prize winning photo, a unique photo 
displaying the death of one of the world's most powerful men.

...here's the question (be honest):

Would you use colour film, or go with classic black and white?



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