The famed bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks? He is oft quoted as answering, “Because that’s where the money is“. Simple enough, but profound enough that in the medical industry it’s known as “Sutton’s Law”. It states that when diagnosing, one should first consider the obvious. Easy enough, but many photographers simply [...]
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Toiling in Anonymity
Nov 21
We are fond of saying that “Mr. Getty” and “Ms. Corbis” are the world’s most prolific photographers. After all they seem to be in hundreds of places at the same time taking newsworthy pictures and taking credit for them. Agencies are loath to post the names of actual photographers and give them credit for various [...]
Jack here. Ed just posted to wonderful comments on a great industry blog, A Photo Editor, regarding the recent sale of Getty Images for $3.3 Billion dollars. I thought it would be good to post and share it here, along with any comments our readers might have. Below are Ed’s comments and I quote and [...]
Something to enjoy this weekend. Macduff Everton is a fantastic photographer, a good friend, a really great guy, and one of Ed’s client’s to boot. We thought we’d share this interview from the Huffington Post we thought you’d enjoy. If you want to see “knock your socks off” travel images from one of National Geographic’s [...]
Act 2- The Obituary
May 22
No need here to recount the former glory of Sygma. Participants in the photojournalism aspect of the industry have known for years that Sygma existed in name only. Many trace the commencement of the demise to the acquisition of Sygma by Corbis. We note in the previous Act 1, the passing/closing/demise of Sygma as described [...]
Our saga opens on a dark and stormy night (not really, it’s a sunny day in May, but we always wanted to say that ala that great mystery writer, Snoopy) with a letter from Corbis to the Sygma photographers. Sygma is being “liquidated”. ++++++++++++ Dear Corbis Contributor, We would like to inform you that Corbis [...]
