Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Damon Lynch on September 05, 2014, 10:13:15 am
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On 10 July 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand, the photographer Fernando Pereira (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Pereira) drowned while attempting to rescue his photography equipment from the Greenpeace vessel the Rainbow Warrior. He died because of a terrorist attack by French intelligence agents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior). It was the second bomb that killed him. I very much like the recollection of events (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4637897.stm) shared by French expatriate Henri Astier.
One of the French agents apprehended by New Zealand police was Commander Alain Mafart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Mafart). He is now known as Alain Mafart-Renodier, and is clearly an excellent photographer (http://www.biosphoto.com/News/?NewsID=2628&ThemeGalerie=1&Lettre=).
In an absolute balls up, one of Mafart-Renodier's images has ended up (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/media-center/reports/Greenpeace-USA-Statement-on-the-2015-Greenpeace-Calendar/) in Greenpeace USA's 2015 calendar (http://www.workman.com/products/9780761178453/). Greenpeace USA say they will make a new calendar for next year.
I am from New Zealand. I've always admired Greenpeace. I don't know Mr. Mafart-Renodier. It would be nice to speak with him one day, to hear this thoughts after all this time. He might be a nice guy -- I have no idea. Probably he has already been paid by the company that put together the calendar. I admit, yes, I'm curious as to what he decided to do with the payment.