Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, as a news photographer I never did a restage and quite frankly no idiot photographer would ever ask people to restage a photo particularly a photo where the risk of death is involved. Not saying it does not happen though. About 7 years ago some dumb-ass working in Anniston Alabama asked a kid to push his bike through a flooded drainage ditch...the flood waters were so strong the kid was pulled through the ditch and trapped in the culvert. The STUPID photographer hung around and took some photos of the rescue effort...thank God the kid lived. The photog entered the photos in the NPPA clip contest...Co-workers reported the event as they truly happened to the "Newsphotographer" magazine (the official publication of NPPA) ...and they did a cover story on how unethical and STUPID this fool was. I think the guy actually won a region 6 award for some photos of the rescue effort and the co-workers were appalled at this and reported the whole story, the award was recalled...may be wrong on the clip award...the rest about staging the photo is accurate. All said every one who works in news photography with any honor for the profession knows that to stage photos is wrong. To restage an event is equally wrong. Period. Different rules of course apply for illustrations and certain types of editorial work. On 9/14/99 4:17 PM Mark Rabiner wrote: >Both true it was done real and then restaged. >They were still taking some fire but the sun shining. There is no >disrespect to >the marines. They just wanted to make sure they got the shot. >Ever do a restage? Best regards, Harrison McClary email: harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net preview my book: http://www.volmania.com