I'll take a shot here Shel. I think it's probably because he's trying to sell it
to ~someone~ vs. a publication (which would seem obviously to many,
unprofessional or opportunist)? I'm neutral.
Norm
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> After reading several messages about how "sick" it is to sell these
> negs and pics on eBay, I've come to wonder why that is. If the
> seller had offered these same items to a sports or racing magazine,
> a newspaper or tabloid, I don't think there'd be a question about
> his "sickness". Rather, I suspect many people would be commenting
> about how lucky he was to get a "money" shot and how clever he was
> to be able to have found a buyer.
>
> Is this any sicker than the Zapruder film, or the documentary
> footage of the Hindenberg disaster - or the thousands of frames
> exposed in Viet Nam during the war, or the prize winning photo of a
> baby being thrown from a burning building?
>
> So, could someone please tell me why it's any sicker to offer this
> on eBay than to Motor racing News, Sports Illustrated, or USA Today,
> or why it's sicker than the above photos.
>
> Jon Hope wrote:
>
> > They are still there, the auction runs another 5 days. The URL is
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1138120658
> >
> > I can't see the problem with what he's trying to sell. There are 8 images
> > of an motor sport crash where someone died. <shrug> I've seen a lot worse.
> >
> > To each his own. One man's poison...
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> Shel Belinkoff
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> There are no rules for good photographs,
> there are only good photographs.
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