Finally, a mainstream media outlet has decided to cover the industry plight or blight, if you prefer. The L.A. Times ran a fine piece on January 22, 2010. It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ycn7te8. Nice piece, nice job by the writer. The issue of photojournalists and their demise is not addressed. In fairness to the […]
Archive for category You can’t make this up
“Waving placards with the message, ‘I am a photographer, not a terrorist,’ about 2,000 photographers called for more leniency from the British police.” What can we say? Now I have seen some photographers with some dangerous looking telephotos. Check out the story at http://tinyurl.com/ycdmhfe
In an exercise of curious judgment The Weatherproof clothing company elected to employ a photograph of our President in an advertisement for its apparel. The ad took the form of (at least) a giant billboard in Times Square a/ka/ The Crossroads of the World. Weatherproof has stated to the media that the image was a […]
The other day we posted the following: “Going the Times one worse, running every day on page 2 of the The New York Daily News is a plea which reads: ”GOT A PHOTO? Did you capture that perfect New York moment? We want it! Send your picture to: [email protected]” At the request of some […]
Coming from someone who lectures, writes and litigates I can tell you that each requires its own “skill set”. Having the talent for one skill does not necessarily carry over to another. Here are generic answers to this question we receive almost daily: “I know I need to hire a lawyer to represent me in what […]
NY Times rights grab
Dec 30
One of my clients asked me to point out in this space that today the NY Times online version (at least) is running a feature story on images voluntarily submitted to it APPARENTLY without payment. See http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na Scroll down to “Pictures of the Decade”. The NY Times pleads for additional pix and posts the following […]
Interesting Times
Dec 29
There is an old Jewish curse that simply goes “May you live in ‘interesting’ times”. Other industries, such as musicians, parallel photojournalists in a diminishing market for their talents. We think it’s important to understand that photography is not alone and to look at other industries so we can spot similarities during these “interesting” times. […]
One of the current topics we’ve been talking about is the sad state of PhotoJournalists. Their days if not numbered are definitely being greatly diminished. It’s not a case of changing technology as many point at, but rather a field that is changing in ways that make jobs for real, full time photographers as scarce […]
