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“Why does an American sell my pictures?”: Russian woman recognized herself in the frames in the media made by 23 a year ago

'11.04.2019'

Source: KP

Unusual greetings from the past were received by Russian woman Elena M. World media circled her picture taken by photographer Peter Turnley 23 a year ago!

Фото: Depositphotos

The American specializes in reporting from politically significant events. Turnley filmed a meeting of Gorbachev and Castro, the Cuban leader and Pope in Havana in 1998. In pursuit of historical footage Turnley traveled to various parts of the globe, writes KP.

In parallel, he always takes off and ordinary people. So it was with Siberian Elena M. He took his picture when he visited Omsk in 1996 year. President Yeltsin, in the framework of the election campaign, actively traveled throughout the country and on May 19 flew to the city one month before the election to meet with Omsk Governor Leonid Polezhayev.

In the States, they closely followed the political situation in Russia, so this visit by Yeltsin, who was collecting for a second term, seemed interesting to an American photographer. After the meeting of politicians, Turnley went for a walk around the city and found himself on the beach at the Irtysh, where he made the same historical frame, the existence of which Elena did not even suspect. About photos from Siberia became known after the American put them on sale on the Internet. Every frame he is ready to sell for 500 dollars.

“Siberian women are posing on the beach,” one of them signed Turnley.

The original photo is copyrighted, so we can not publish it. The picture is illustrative. Photo: Depositphotos

Elena in a bathing suit in the picture recognized her friend, which she immediately reported. "Komsomolskaya Pravda" found the heroine of the photo and talked to her. Such greetings from the past did not make Siberian happy at all.

- Of course, I vaguely remember the events of that day - after all, more than 20 years have passed! On that warm May day, there was a spontaneous desire with a girlfriend to sunbathe on the beach. Unfortunately, the connection with my friend is now lost. We have not communicated for a long time, and she lives in Germany. She does not know about this photo yet.

- Don't you remember that someone took pictures of you that day?

- Well, understand, 20 years have passed. Then I began to analyze the situation, delve into my memory. And I remembered that it seemed that some man with a camera was walking. But then I did not attach any importance to it at all. Walks and okay. I sunbathed and did not touch anyone. For me, such a greeting from the past in the form of a photo is a big surprise. It turns out that my pictures were somewhere.

- How old are you in the photo?

- Now I am 46 years old, which means that there is 23 years old. Well, you asked me everything (laughs).

- I know that your first reaction to this photo was indignation? What didn't you like?

- I won't say that I'm outraged. But I was dumbfounded. I am also not entirely pleased that I am there in a swimsuit. He also had in his collection from Omsk shots of girls meeting Yeltsin with a flag. This is another matter, I would have reacted more calmly. I am embarrassed that somewhere someone is selling my pictures in a swimsuit. And no one asked my desire, firstly, whether I want to be photographed and whether I am against selling the image. Although, I must confess, I remembered, of course, later how it was all cool. So many years have passed. But this is not very correct. I'm not going to go to court. I understand how financially this litigation will be.

- What would you ask Peter Turnley when you met?

- I don't even know ... Probably: "Why are you selling these photos?" I don’t know what they will do with them later.

- Can you tell us a little about your fate?

- I have worked in the field of furniture sales for a long time. For the last two years I have been sitting at home, as a child has health problems.

Komsomolskaya Pravda contacted Peter Turnley himself, who now lives in New York. We informed him that one of the heroines of his pictures from Siberia was not enthusiastic about the idea of ​​selling them. The American inquired about what kind of photo in question.

After we showed Peter this frame, he replied:

- I don't want to be interviewed. Be understanding.

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