Hi,
Friday, September 13, 2002, 12:59:10 AM, you wrote:
> Russia-Schmussia...
> that was an office park on I-95 interstate, this summer.
> I mean, Boston, MA.
> And I didn't really mean, bureaucracy. Make an experiment: go to any store
> and snap a couple shots with a P&S. I bet no one would even look your way,
> and even if the owner sees you, I bet he/she wouldn't care less.
> Now try to do the same with a "pro" look/gear. Count seconds before the
> owner kicks you off (or at least ask for explanations of what the heck are
> you doing).
Sorry - I thought from your .ru domain and your name that you were in
Russia. I've been thrown out of shops of course, and there's nothing
to be done about that. One of the themes I'm photographing is people
and their screens, so I periodically go into enormous TV-selling
superstores to try and get pictures of people lost among all the
screens pumping out the crap. Even with a Leica I never manage to
shoot more than one or 2 frames before somebody rushes over and stops
me. All part of the game.
Some of the museums here are like that too. Particularly Tate Modern
and the National Maritime Museum - they're on you like a rash. Others
though are fine, especially the V&A. Elliott Erwitt talks about it in
his book 'Museum Watching'. He says the guards have such a boring job
he doesn't begrudge them this little bit of excitement in their
otherwise dull days.
---
Bob
"I don't know much about Art, but I know what I hate"
Montgomery Burns, The Simpsons
