Death of Lady Diana: The "King of Paparazzi" defends the photographers
Par Le Figaro et AFP agence
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Les chasseurs d'images continuent d'être tenus pour responsables du tragique accident du 31 août 1997. Le photographe Daniel Angeli maintient l'importance de ces «images, incontournables aujourd'hui»»»»»»»», capturées par des personnes «qui ont fait leur métier»»»»»»»», rapporte-il dans 20 Minutes.
"One of the most difficult things to accept is to know that those who have pursued her in the tunnel are also those who took pictures of her when she was dying in the back of the car", deplored Prince Harry to the American channel NBC.
Since the tragic accident of Lady Diana, on August 31, 1997 in Paris, the paparazzis have been the target of many criticisms.Accused of having favored the cliché of the crushed car against a pillar of the Alma tunnel, instead of calling the emergency services, the image hunters were held responsible for the death of the princess of Wales.Because the latter, although seriously injured in the head, was still alive.His companion, Dodi al-Fayed, driver Henri Paul, they died instantly.Trevor Rees-Jones, the bodyguard, is the only survivor.
"The photographers have done their job, I will always defend these people," said Daniel Angeli, nicknamed "The King of Paparazzi", in the newspaper 20 minutes."Christian Martinez, one of my agency's photographers, arrived several minutes after the accident.He warned help.He took photos, which were seized, but I saw them: they were not bloody or unbearable.If this had happened in England, they would undoubtedly be released, with a few precautions.Christian was indicted a few days later.I remember paying a deposit of 100.000 francs for him.»»»»»»»»
"We have always been shown to finger, but we have never hurt much"»»»»»»»
Les neuf chasseurs d'images et le motard de presse ont été mis en examen pour «homicides et blessures involontaires»»»»»»»» et «non-assistance à personnes en danger»»»»»»»» en 1999, avant de bénéficier d'un non-lieu. «Les investigations n'ont pas permis d'établir de manière formelle de faute ayant eu un lien certain avec l'accident lui-même»»»»»»»» et les photographes, ont estimé dans une ordonnance les deux juges d'instruction en charge de l'enquête.The photographs were confiscated and never published.
"Cameramen also took stones in the street.The irony is that the public who threw the stigma over the profession is the one who is a customer of this kind of press.And then, we must remember that it was news.»»»»»»»»Reports Daniel Angeli to our colleagues."We have always been shown to finger, but we have never done much harm," pleads Daniel Angeli.We have made it possible to set essential images today.»»»»»»»».
"She was asking for photos"»»»»»»»
Since her divorce with Prince Charles, Diana Spencer used the press to exhibit, in pictures, her new life with Dody al-Fayed."I was the first to discover their connection.We saw Lady Di scrolling on the dike in leopard swimsuit (...)»»»»»»»», estime Angeli."As they say in the jargon," she gave "she was asking for these photos.I say that because it was usually difficult to follow because it is in a bodyguards.At the end of August, at the Ritz, there were four or five photographers waiting for him.This is a situation she wanted and it ended badly.»»»»»»»»
Although justice did not condemn the paparazzi, Jacques Langevin (from the Sygma agency), Fabrice Chassery (from KCS Presse), and Christian Martinez (D'Angeli), joined a symbolic Euro of damages to the father in solidarityof Dodi al-Fayed, the billionaire of Egyptian origin Mohammed al-Fayed. Ce dernier avait porté plainte pour «violation de l'intimité de la vie privée»»»»»»»» de son fils et Diana Spencer.
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