The photograph idea

[CuriousMind90]

I had an idea, and it may sound silly but here goes.

A lot of us, and our families, at times will take pictures of either an outdoor setting, or will happen to take a picture of us which will happen to include a street scene (as in, will feature other people and/or things not related to you nor intended to be captured).

This might sound iffy, but somewhere amongst someone's photos may be a picture--a person or thing (like a car) captured by total accident in the background of a picture.

I suggest that when thinking of certain cases, just look through your old photo albums from a few years before or after said case took place.

For example, let's say a case happened in 1992 and the perp in the case drove a 1989 model red Pontiac car, look at your own photos from say around 1989 to 1995 or so and see if in any of your photos, say a photograph of a road or street scene or something, maybe you/whoever took the photo happened to catch the perps car on camera.

[nohwheregirl]

Have you been reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?

[CuriousMind90]

Originally Posted by nohwheregirl

Have you been reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?

Never read it, read a summary and don't see what it has to do with the OP?

[nohwheregirl]

Originally Posted by CuriousMind90

Never read it, read a summary and don't see what it has to do with the OP?

I wasn't trying to be rude, and if you've never read it, it makes sense that you don't see what it has to do with the original post. So if you want to know, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD....





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In the book a journalist is trying to solve a missing persons case of a teenage girl in the 1960s. She attended a Children's Day community event the day that she disappeared and there were lots of people there taking photographs. He found several photographs of the girl because a local newspaper photographer had taken photos of the event. It was a series of photos of her looking across a road, seeing someone, and then turning and walking away. He thought that if he could figure out who she saw who made her leave abruptly, he could get to the bottom of the case. There was a couple in the photo who were taking photos right over the missing girl's shoulder towards the person she saw who caused her to leave. He sought out the couple to see if they still had the photos, which they did, and it eventually cracked the case. So, basically, an idea very similar to yours.

[CuriousMind90]

Originally Posted by nohwheregirl

I wasn't trying to be rude, and if you've never read it, it makes sense that you don't see what it has to do with the original post. So if you want to know, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD....





SPOILER ALERT...





GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO SPOILER ALERT...





SPOILER ALERT...


In the book a journalist is trying to solve a missing persons case of a teenage girl in the 1960s. She attended a Children's Day community event the day that she disappeared and there were lots of people there taking photographs. He found several photographs of the girl because a local newspaper photographer had taken photos of the event. It was a series of photos of her looking across a road, seeing someone, and then turning and walking away. He thought that if he could figure out who she saw who made her leave abruptly, he could get to the bottom of the case. There was a couple in the photo who were taking photos right over the missing girl's shoulder towards the person she saw who caused her to leave. He sought out the couple to see if they still had the photos, which they did, and it eventually cracked the case. So, basically, an idea very similar to yours.

I do think it is a good idea...It could well be helpful. Couldn't hurt anyway, right?

Thnaks by the way, the book sounds really interesting, I think I'll pick it up.

[Jason K]

This is also the plot of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film, Blow-Up.

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. The fact that he has photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.

[Hambone2421]

Originally Posted by nohwheregirl

I wasn't trying to be rude, and if you've never read it, it makes sense that you don't see what it has to do with the original post. So if you want to know, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD....





SPOILER ALERT...





GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO SPOILER ALERT...





SPOILER ALERT...


In the book a journalist is trying to solve a missing persons case of a teenage girl in the 1960s. She attended a Children's Day community event the day that she disappeared and there were lots of people there taking photographs. He found several photographs of the girl because a local newspaper photographer had taken photos of the event. It was a series of photos of her looking across a road, seeing someone, and then turning and walking away. He thought that if he could figure out who she saw who made her leave abruptly, he could get to the bottom of the case. There was a couple in the photo who were taking photos right over the missing girl's shoulder towards the person she saw who caused her to leave. He sought out the couple to see if they still had the photos, which they did, and it eventually cracked the case. So, basically, an idea very similar to yours.

I'm adding that to my Netflix queue. Sounds really good!!

Nevermind. The movie doesn't come out until December.

[paranoiattack]

The original Swedish film is on Netflix as well as the other two that follow it. It's the American remake doesn't come out until December of this year.