Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), May 13, 2000, p. 18

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vv j r a i i tfi w h 1 jt w for more tlttn30 years andre gqriepy hasseeh the world thrdiighalehie byfred simpson stafpvriter t lobetrotting freelance video cam- eramari andre ganepy isalways out of a job between phone calls vnpttp worry c t j when me pfioner ings which it does fre- quently he could very well be off tothe four corners ofthe globe since last november have been to barbados mexico india and across canada said ganepytas he took a breather from his travelsoneaftefnoon while resting in the hy ing room of his richmond hill home v more than 30 years his jaunts have taken him to afghanistarfduring the russian invasion in 1979 to birutto jlussia six times and younameitevery other coun- onthe afghanistan junket in 1980 gariepy was accompanied by rather tbs reporter l v jj ganepy also drew assignments with mike wallaceof 60 minutes fame v s j among the mosfgrueling and frustrating of his many junkets were stops m ethiopia india and mexico j rr v juhe was there to film aclocumentary hostage to justice which was recently aired on cbc television in india for example for our story we heeded to shoot the prison and courthouse a the airport where this fellow was anest- ed for smuggling drugs ganepy recalled therejwas one major problem you have to get permission from the authorities to take any phbtpsof government buildings he said there are big signs all v over warning against faking pictures i vbut in countries like this you ask per- femissionulit takei ayear before you get it i undaunted ganepy proceeded to video- trade from his father who was a news pho- tographef for years m montreal v i never know where im going until the phone rings my bags are always packed r you have to have a sense of adventure if you are a homebody forget it youwould be so miserable it was while on an assignment for title xbcdunng the sandinista peoples v revolution in 1979 againsfthe samoza mili taryregime that gariepy got a tasteof the adventure he thnves on but it almost cost himhislife s s i jthe reporter i was with had a story tapetheuudingsyvme slinking behind parked careahd ariymlrigelsethat would s about the revolution but i had no conceal his intentions w n v showing the fightings ganepy said fs jarmetl withta little hahdycamera he zhe subsequently attended a government r into a phone booth at the airport z party where he described his plightto v attta v j it provjded excellent footage for the docu mentary v all in a dayjs work forganepy which translatejljneans sornetimes staying out of cjail in faraway countries i i have always loved adventuresays the 56yearold gariepy whofirst learned his he took niy name and three days later 1 was sitting at a bar when this military guy came in carrying a huge machine gun j- he told ganepy to meet him outside the bar tomorrow morningat 9and you can come along with us if you want to takesome pictures of fighting r staff photomike barrett andre gariepywith gfivjsdldiers in nicaragua feftthpldinga bjpkotoofhiniself u ftekenby boris k vspremcatthe76 k olympic games in montreal- above vwith actress andie macdowell below r the appointed hour gariepy found himself nding on the back of aharmyjtruck loaded with soldiers and heading into the bush ji iwe came to this iittlejvillage sunounded it and they began killing everything men women children cats everything every thing that was alive gariepy recalled with horror iv y j i couldnt bebeve it i had tears in niy eyes as i stood shooting the massacre only a few feet from me some children were run- ning by and they shotthem clown too jt was unbelievable c- tliere was a man standing atjthe side of the wall and the military machine gunned him down then wegot back in the truck t arid came hqmerr f gariepy had his war photos but the story doesnt end there 1 r v two weeks later the same guycomesm taps ine on the shoulder and tells methat t tomorrow we are going to this vulage only tlisjime hetells mewhere tne village is gariepy and his newsman found them- selves faced with a dilemma 3 see photographer page 19 mss yk

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