Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:43 PM 5/7/2006, you wrote: >You know what, Tina - they've always been the exception. The people doing >work worth thinking about for more than five minutes - in any field of >endeavor - are always the exception. I agree, but I was responding to Scott's post about the state of photojournalism today. There were several photographers for the local newspapers (Charlotte Observer, in particular) whose work I admired and looked for in every newspaper. They have all had to look for other lines of work - teaching, weddings, portraits, commercial photography - because they have families and cannot continue to pursue their dreams of changing the world through photojournalism. The ones left to fill the slots in paper are, without exception, recent graduates willing to work for nothing to get their photos in print. Photography has become a commodity and photographers are referred to as "content providers" by publishers. It's very depressing to me that excellence is not rewarded except in exceptional cases. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.tinamanley.com