What a good sign for the current state of press freedom.
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This could be an Iran photo.
Throwing a Leica like that shows commitment!
Leica’s have been used to take some iconic photos by conflict photojournalists since at least WW2. Absolutely crazy that the camera didn’t get damaged, but Leica’s have definitely see some abuse over the years.
https://gmpphoto.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-story-of-sean-flynns-leica-m2.html?m=1
Also, while you or I might see that and wince because of the potential damage to an expensive piece of kit, to him it’s just a tool that allows him to do his work of photographing, and preventing ICE from deleting those photographs that serve as a record of what’s happening in Minneapolis right now would probably worth any amount of cameras to any of the photojournalists there right now.
This is seriously a stunning photograph.
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