Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And there's nothing new, Tina, about the fact that photographers - and reporters - are not paid extra for the work they do as paid employees when that work is reused. Yes, there's a lot of work out there for which people don't get paid - there always has been. Do you think that Eugene Richards makes squat doing his documentary work? If you do, you're living in fantasy land; he makes his money doing advertising work and other commissioned work to support his real work - same with almost any documentary photographer you can name, and it's essentially always been that way. The thing that has definitely changed is that there are far, far fewer staff photo jobs these days, particularly at magazines. But many papers do have slide shows, photo galleries, displaying work - and in the past that outlet didn't exist. A photographer could bust her hump on a story, over a period of months, and end up with, if she was really lucky, a half-dozen photos in the paper. Now she can have those photos in the paper, and have a gallery, perhaps with sound, on line. Being a photographer - if we're talking about freelancers - has always been a really tough way to make a living, and teaching, or having some other way to supplement the photo income has always been a smart idea. On 5/7/06 7:07 PM, "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote: > At 05:28 PM 5/7/2006, you wrote: >> Actually, I'd like to suggest that the advent of the web has caused a >> blossoming of PJ work, and has given photographers at virtually every size >> newspaper opportunities they really never had before to do interesting >> work. >> >> B. D. > > And they are being paid a living wage to post on the internet? Who > is paying them? Do they retain the rights to their photos? There are > thousands of blogs - some of them have wonderful photos from great > photographers who are posting them at their own costs with the hope > that someone will see them. How long can they continue to do that > without pay? There are also web sites for most newspapers, which > many times post the articles but no photos. If there are photos, are > they copyrighted by the photographer? It's an exception if they > are. It has become accepted practice that photojournalists are not > paid extra for web use. Ask any newspaper photographer. There are > more photos out there than ever before, but nobody is getting paid > for them. The microstock agencies are proliferating like fleas and > selling all rights to all photos for pennies. It's not a good time > to be photographer unless you have another source of income like teaching. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information