Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> The assignment was to shoot smokers. So after quite a bit of thought, I > decided to leave my Glock home and took cameras instead. ;-) The > location was the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan. And I > discovered how difficult it can be to shoot in post-9.11 America - I was > hassled by a PA cab dispatcher, a lone cop, and a pair of cops - all of > whom warned me that it's illegal to photograph the bus terminal, or > shoot in the direction of the bus terminal. In their defense, all were > exceedingly polite, and when I suggested that I point outwards from the > terminal, all left me alone. But obviously it didn't dawn on any of them > - or the morons who give them their orders, that it's far more likely > that one of the countless suitcases being wheeled through the unguarded > doors will contain enough high explosives to kill hundreds and perhaps > take down the building, than it is that someone photographing the > building poses a threat. > > But that aside - PAW3 and three alternates are at > http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW > > Comments, critiques, etc.....welcome... > Somehow the picture of you and a Glock makes me laugh.Whatever might be wrong with you, you come across as an unafraid soul who does not need the false comfort of a dumb piece of anachronism. Of the lot i like the lady picture numbered 8 on the site best. As usual cannot express why but it gets across a message(sorry for the yuckspeak as usual, i try really) of addiction of doing something she has to do quickly without any enjoyment. Thanks for sharing simon jessurun,amsterdam