[Leica] Gosh, really Buzz?

[george at imagist.com (George Lottermoser)]

Jeffery Smith7/30/04
>I suspect it is because (at least in the US) the fear of having the
>camera come back to haunt them such as in the Rodney King beating video
>and the many that have come after it.
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>.....................
>I find North American "authority figures" much more paranoid of
>photographers (God knows why) much ruder, more quick to harass and
>overall
>much less professional then their counterparts in Europe and even some
>"poor
>African countries".

Nah. As I photographed a revival tent and some port-a-potties on the corner 
of a parking lot - two rent-a-cop cars descended on me; forming a V in front 
of my car; to ask "why are you photographing here?"

Because the clouds and the tent and the building and the car and the flag 
caught my eye - looked like an xpan moment.

4 guys in two cars couldn't figure out what to do with that. One car said 
they had to wait to talk to the other car. A guy in the 'other' car was on a 
cell phone and finally just drove away without a word to the other car. Then 
the remaining fellows had no one to confer with - so off they go, with a 
have a nice day. Bizzar?. ?-) 

Fond regards,

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