Just my opinion, but since the widow & son are still alive and could see it,
its tacky and uncalled for, whether its on Ebay or in a magazine. I know how
I would feel if someone published or sold a photo of my father being killed,
graphic or not. Dan Sheetz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of William Robb
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: $50K for 8 negatives at ebay
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From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Re: $50K for 8 negatives at ebay
> 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.
There is no news worthiness in these photos. It seems to me the
guy is just trying to cash in on a tragedy. My take on this
would be quite different if he had been trying to sell them to
the media the day after the crash. I realize that often, non
media people come up with newsworthy photos just by
happenstance. The Zapruder film is an example of that.
What botheres me is not the pictures, or the creating of them,
it is the obvious attempt at exploitation that offends me.
William Robb
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