fyxomatosis - the fixed gear / track bike disease - photography - Vintage Track Frames - Velo entertainment for kids, big and small. October 06 2008 08:22:41
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This photo, and a loose tongue nearly got me arrested.



If I recall correctly, this is

To take the shot, I sat down in the middle of the street to compose it.

It was a Sunday morning, maybe 8ish and not a car in sight.  Safer than safe.

After the shot, I put the headphones on headed west. 

I noticed a police officer 50 metres away and walking in my direction - thought nothing of it.

A short while later I noticed the officer was walking towards me and closing so I stopped and said 'Hello?'.

A short dialogue followed and I can recall him asking me my name or where I was from, to which I smartly replied 'Who's asking?'







Dumbest two words I have uttered.

Officer Forthright was immediately standing on his already high horse, asking for my ID and when I gave my Drivers License he said that it was 'No good here'.

I said my passport was in Chinatown where I'll happily get it for him.

He told me to stay put, called backup, and a requested a search under my name.  He frisked me, and had the cuffs ready, and told me how to correctly address an Officer of the NOO YAWK CITY POOLICE DEPARTMENT

The officer also  told me I looked like I was

a) planting a bomb AND

b) praying ( to Allah in his mind)


'If you want to take a photo, go to Times Square'

(thick Noo Yawk accent).


Yes sir.
 



So when the security of a building in my home town asked me why I was taking photos, I had to laugh - for all the wrong reasons.

Seems a few people had raised the alarm about someone taking photos outside 101. 

How the world has changed.





Posted by fyxomatosis on 30 September 2008 1 Comments · 758 Reads - Print
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denomerdano on October 02 2008 18:34:17
Enjoy it while still you can.
Photography will be off the streets pretty soon.


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