Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I were assigned to cover this event it wouldn't matter who was doing what to whom! My job was to cover the event! Not make a journalistic statement or political justification one way or the other! Cover this demonstration, PERIOD! Never mind who's heads are getting cracked! I don't care because I'm shooting all the action as it happens before me and around me! Recording an historical event, that's all. WHY? Well quite simply because you as a photojournalist coverineg the event, you have no sides to take! You are the "SILENT OBSERVER AND RECORDER!" That's your job! You shoot everything going on! Good, bad or ugly! Obviously if one side or the other hires you to shoot the bad guys (Whomever) beating on the (GOOD GUYS) point of view. Then you shoot everything showing the good guys getting their asses kicked. Or the reverse if the other guys are paying you. Or if this kind of event is too much to handle? Then stay away and go shoot flowers quietly in the park or some other event or scenes. Dr. ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] How about this one? IMG: Occupy > Aah then I would say Nay as Steve did. That photo does not portray the > sympathetic view of the protest that you want. > > > On Saturday, 9 June 2012, Richard Man wrote: > >> Those are really good questions. For me personally, I am sympathetic to >> the >> Occupy. However, when I have images that may be used by the "other side," >> what should I do with them? >> >> Deep questions to ponder. >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Geoff Hopkinson >> <hopsternew at gmail.com<javascript:;> >> >wrote: >> >> > Which raises a very good point about reporting events like this. >> > What is the intent of the photographer? Saleable news photo, objective >> > reporting, support of a cause or the opposite? >> > Many times protest groups are well aware of the power of media coverage >> and >> > the coverage can influence their behaviour for the camera too of >> > course. >> > >> > On Friday, 8 June 2012, Steve Barbour wrote: >> > >> > > > On 6/7/2012 3:31 AM, Richard Man wrote: >> > > >> Yay or nay? >> > > >> >> > > >> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20120607-Scanned-18-Edit.jpg >> > > >> > > >> > > nay, >> > > >> > > unless of course you are trying to generate opposition to the >> > > protest. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Steve >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Leica Users Group. >> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Geoff >> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > -- > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information