POPULAR Photographers, Keno George and Terrence Thompson along with two models were on Wednesday afternoon robbed of personal belongings valued at more than $1.1M on Hadfiled Street behind D’Urban Park.According to George, who is a Senior Photographer attached to Stabroek News, he was doing a photo-shoot with two models about 16:00h when two men approached them from behind; one with a gun, the other with a knife and relieved them of their belongings.

“I was doing a shoot. Terrence was there with me and the two models. And two of them came up behind us and shouted ‘give we everything.’ Then they started collecting the stuff we had and put it in my camera bag after which they ran through a trail in the area,” George said.

Taken were one Canon 6D camera, one Canon 70-200 f/2.8 and a Canon 24-105 f/4 lens, two canon flashes, three cellphones and some other items, including cash from the four individuals.

The photographer said that the man who had the gun was wearing long jeans, but had his shirt in his hand, while the other, who had a gun, was wearing a “cut-off foot pants” and a red cap. The robbers then made good their escape through a trail in the area.

George and Thompson are well known photographers who would stage photo shoots often, using popular social media, Facebook to market their work. (Ravin Singh)