Police are trying to reunite this camera with its owner – Do you recognise them?
Jan 5, 2018
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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Posts like these have become fairly common the last couple of years. A lost GoPro here, a missing DSLR there. And we all want to do what we can to help (hence this post). But this has to be the most hilarious attempt to reunite a camera with its owner that I’ve seen. Why? Because all of the faces are obscured. It seems that they were blurred by the Police themselves, but it’s going to make identifying them kind of tricky.
According to the Loughborough Echo, Leicestershire Police believe that the camera was taken during a burglary, and then dumped. Although they say that it’s difficult to know when and from where the camera was taken. As Police believe they are indeed victims of a crime, the Data Protection Act may be the reason for obscuring the faces to protect their identities.
While burglary is obviously a serious crime, their plea still makes me giggle a little. Posts such as these work because we can see the faces. Co-workers, friends and family being able to identify people within the photographs greatly increases the chances of somebody seeing them that can make a difference. Here, though, unless you’re actually the person in the photograph, or you shot it, and can remember where you were, it’s unlikely it will find its owner.
They don’t say what type of camera it is, but looking at the images I would guess that it’s some kind of point and shoot, and not a DSLR. Leicestershire Police are asking that if yo believe the camera may belong to you, to contact DC Pountney on 101 (that’s a UK non-emergency local police number) or DM the @leicspolice Twitter account.
I might suggest to the Leicestershire Police that they invest in a little AI Facial Recognition technology. ;)
Seriously, though, given the nature of the photos, they look like they were taken during a holiday somewhere. Personally, I’d hate to lose memories of things like that with friends and family.
We do hope that these images get spread far and wide so that the people in the photographs or those who shot them might recognise something. Then the camera and images contained within can be reunited with their owner.
[via Loughborough Echo – h/t Graham]
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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4 responses to “Police are trying to reunite this camera with its owner – Do you recognise them?”
No, not when yhe faces sre pixelated
That’s the point. They blurred the faces because they have been victims of a crime but asked if anyone recognized them.
Is the one on the right Max Headroom?
It’s not tricky at all. If it was you in that photo, you would know even if it was obscured. I think the police are doing a delicate balance to find the owner as well as keep the privacy of the subject (not to mention not running into copyright problems.)