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Originally Posted by thecatspajamas
In retrospect, I'm a bit ashamed too at my own naivete and support of someone who, as Ben rightly stated, has done untold harm to our hobby. It seems I should have applied my own advice of "be wary, but at the same time, please be responsible" to who one chooses to throw support as well as who one accuses.
I still find it incredible some of the small-scale frauds he apparently perpetrated, which lends further credence to the "sociopath" label. It is truly disheartening to think that his prolific output of misinformation and deceit has so polluted the sports photo collecting niche that it will take years to unravel the specifics, if they ever even all come to light. It seems there could easily be a full book's worth of material just in detailing what was faked, how, and how to distinguish the fakes from authentic material.
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We had a disagreement? Ha! In retrospect, i should have read this entire thing again before adding this link to it. Maybe better to post a new link.
The reality is, no one could have imagined how bad this was. I am a photo pycho so noticed things and thought the worst.. Unfortunately many were true.
What i am trying to say is, it is prob a good thing If you gave him the benifit of the doubt without the research. I wish i had it in me to do so.