"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux)
02/03/2014 at 12:15 • Filed to: None
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"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux)
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Warning: lots of photos. Arnold Odermatt joined a Swiss police force in 1948 after being forced to give up his original career as a baker and pastry chef for health reasons. As a policeman Arnold Odermatt first appeared with his camera at the scene of an accident to take photos to complement police reports, people found this odd. At that time, photography was anything other than an independent means of providing the police with evidence. A colleague once observed Arnold Odermatt as he took pictures for the force and was suspicious. He was ordered to report to his commander immediately. Odermatt managed to convince his superiors of the quality of the work he was doing. They allowed him to convert an old toilet in an observation post into a makeshift dark room. When the observation post was moved into another building several years later, he was finally given his own laboratory. To me his work is somewhat haunting, knowing that these photos were taken totally for the purpose of court use. He has put out a few books of his work, some strictly landscape, but alot of his work has the cars. My birthday is Thursday, I know what is going to be on my coffee table after then. Enjoy.
Official site: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Edit: I had to work around kinja issue and nibbles so sorry for the repost
John Bulzacchelli
> 505Turbeaux
02/03/2014 at 12:21 |
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I am guessing this one didn't end well
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505Turbeaux
> John Bulzacchelli
02/03/2014 at 12:22 |
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I cannot imagine it did
Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> 505Turbeaux
02/03/2014 at 12:23 |
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That is one very tough pole. I wonder what kind of speed that Merc had?
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505Turbeaux
> Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
02/03/2014 at 12:25 |
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I know. I had a friend take a wooden phone pole out with a pulsar (he lived somehow) at 75
ttyymmnn
> 505Turbeaux
02/03/2014 at 12:30 |
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The pole (or the tree) always wins.
Sethersm
> 505Turbeaux
02/03/2014 at 13:03 |
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"joined a Swiss police force in 1948 after being forced to give up his original career as a baker and pastry chef for heath reasons."
Wait... what?
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505Turbeaux
> Sethersm
02/03/2014 at 13:04 |
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missed the typo, thanks
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Sethersm
> 505Turbeaux
02/03/2014 at 13:09 |
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I didn't even see the typo, I'm just trying to wrap my head around how one can be too unhealthy to be a baker/pastry chef, yet healthy enough to join the police force.
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505Turbeaux
> Sethersm
02/03/2014 at 13:10 |
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haha I know I thought that too. Maybe he was a binge eater
V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
> 505Turbeaux
02/03/2014 at 14:12 |
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Doesn't necessarily mean he was a "police officer." I'm assuming he was some sort of forensic photographer. Baking isn't just oven work. Probably a lot of heavy lifting involved at that time for a bakery trying to make ends meet every morning.....
offroadkarter
> Sethersm
02/03/2014 at 23:12 |
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If you keep eating the product all day and develop diabetes
RS Hole, I forgot my password for 8 months
> 505Turbeaux
02/04/2014 at 09:15 |
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Oh the humanity!!!
CorrectHorseBatteryStaple
> 505Turbeaux
02/25/2014 at 16:33 |
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It'll buff out.
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CorrectHorseBatteryStaple
> ttyymmnn
02/25/2014 at 16:35 |
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Unless it's a Volvo