''Freelance photographers can't go taking pictures of young girls

without telling them what they are doing,'' Was one of the statements

made by John Vogrin, Assistant Security Chief of The Canfield Fair, to

Andy Gray of The

Warren Tribune Chronicle in an interview for the

article Gray wrote pertaining to what happened to me on September 6,

2009. In the interview, Vogrin said officers checked to make sure I

wasn't a member of the media or working for the fair… Continue

I tried to set up a meeting over the course of the next month or so,

only to be stalled by Fair officials. Five months later, in February, I

was contacted by fair officials that they were ready to meet with me. I

suspect they waited until they felt confident that I wasn't going to

sue. I brought with me a folder containing, the paper given to me by

Vogrin stating that I was evicted from the fair for, “Taking unsolicited

pictures of fair patrons without their… Continue

Some of you are aware of what happened to me at The Canfield Fair last

year, but may not be aware of why it's relevant. I'd like to bring to

light why it's relevant to you, but first let me re-cap the events of

Sunday, September 6, 2009.

On Sunday, September 6, 2009 While attending the Canfield fair, I sat on a

bench in a very open spot in front of the rock, and began to take hundreds of

random photographs of the crowd, an activity…

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Mead with hints of

rose, lime, rosemary, and… Continue