... and with an 8x10 camera so there is no sneaking possible.
Again? Are you a religious fundamentalist?
you forgot to mention
these are people he has/had been photographing for 10-15 years
or maybe longer ... they weren't strangers but good friends
Some of his models are second (and maybe even 3rd) generation models - children and perhaps grandchildren of the very first women he photographed. I think he's been doing this since the 80s, so almost 30 years now.
thanks scott,
i knew he did this for a long time, but i wasn't quite sure how long it was ...
and it is kind of strange how people equate his work with being a peeping tom
or a voyeur when he was considered almost part of the families he photographed ...
but then again i know of someone in the boston area who was a photographer
and photographed her child, and brought her film to a lab for process only ...
the lab worker saw the negatives, made contact prints and called the police on her ...
this is kind of out there for a lab worker, seeing i know others who worked at the same lab
who used to print and process "pºrn" for people who dropped it off.
That kind of thing has happened many places, where parents have been arrested for photographing their babies in the bathtub. Its absolute silliness. A little common sense goes a long way in evaluating if a baby in the bathtub is being photographed for prurient purposes.
My boys both got guns on their first birthdays. My ten year old is now an excellent shot and goes with his Dad regularly. This was him (on the left) and his buddy last weekend (ducks).
We don't have handguns - at all. It's also pretty hard to conceal a rifle/shotgun ... so maybe that's where my point of view comes from. I don't recall every seeing my Dad in his truck without a long gun of some sort.
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I don't think I've eaten that many ducks in my whole life. What does one do with so many? How many ducks does one hunter shoot in a year or season?
There will always be prayer in public schools, as long as there are tests.
Here in Texas, as far as I know, religious symbols and the like are not allowed.
Back on topic...
I've had guns drawn on me, twice, while taking photographs.
The first was near a large farm. I was on the road (not private property) setting up with a 4x5, to take a photo of a tree. While under the cloth, I heard yelling, so I turned to see an old man, with a shotgun, heading my way. A few seconds later, his son came running, yelling "Dad. Stop!" The son got the gun from his father, apologized to me, explaining that "Dad" had Alzheimer's, and they should probably lock up his guns. Good idea...
The other time was frightening. I was hired by a DC real estate management company to photograph some of the buildings they managed. Mostly office buildings, but there were a few embassies, too. For some of the embassies there were very specific rules. One was the Saudi Embassy. I could only photograph from the street, and it had to be done at a certain time of day. The company I was working for cleared everything with the embassy secretary, and I was set to go. I arrived at the appointed time, and began working. Within 3-4 minutes, about 6 guys, with guns out, were running at me, screaming (I can only assume it was abusive, as it was in Arabic). They grabbed my camera ( an SLR) and had me lay on the ground. A few minutes later, a few DC police cars arrived, as well as a handful of big black SUV's from the State Department. I explained to the cops, and State Department guys, what I was doing. At that point, the Secretary came out, apologizing because he'd forgotten to tell his security guys to expect me. I was allowed to finish, but 2 of the security guys followed me around.
explaining that "Dad" had Alzheimer's, and they should probably lock up his guns. Good idea...
And as a season ticket holder to the Texas Longhors,
The other time was frightening. I was hired by a DC real estate management company to photograph some of the buildings they managed. Mostly office buildings, but there were a few embassies, too. For some of the embassies there were very specific rules. One was the Saudi Embassy. I could only photograph from the street, and it had to be done at a certain time of day. The company I was working for cleared everything with the embassy secretary, and I was set to go. I arrived at the appointed time, and began working. Within 3-4 minutes, about 6 guys, with guns out, were running at me, screaming (I can only assume it was abusive, as it was in Arabic). They grabbed my camera ( an SLR) and had me lay on the ground. A few minutes later, a few DC police cars arrived, as well as a handful of big black SUV's from the State Department. I explained to the cops, and State Department guys, what I was doing. At that point, the Secretary came out, apologizing because he'd forgotten to tell his security guys to expect me. I was allowed to finish, but 2 of the security guys followed me around.
The problem with embassies is that they are considered in fact to be sovereign territory. Which is why someone can enter a foreign embassy and seek refuge, and so long as the embassy sees fit to grant it, the host country has no power to enter the embassy and remove the person. So technically the Saudi security guards were within THEIR rights to act the way they did, if the embassy grounds extended to where he was standing.
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