(Submitted by friend of the blog, Brian Hart)
I went to an art opening being held in Santa Monica, California’s Bergamot Station. One of the many galleries there had an exhibit called Just Occupy, which featured 3 artists’ representation of last year’s Occupy Los Angeles movement. One of the artists was Ted Soqui, who had photographed a lot of the participants.
One picture in the exhibit that particularly struck me as amusing, was that of a man in a Guy Fawkes mask, relaxing on the sidewalk. Since my friend, Paula, had attended Occupy Los Angeles, I thought about her, took a picture with my phone, and then e-mailed it immediately to her.
Image seen in gallery. Photo by Ted Soqui
When I checked my mail several hours later, I heard back from Paula. She told me that not only was she there that night, but she had seen the photographer take that very picture with his high-end camera and had photographed the subject herself, seconds later!
Image from demonstration. Photo by Paula Lauterbach
Occupy this, OddsMakers!
[EDITOR: In this day and age of copyright infringement concerns, can Paula be sued for taking virtually the same photo within moments of original? I’ve seen crazier lawsuits lately…]
