Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To ALL: There is great concern happening amongst photojournalists worldwide due to the unfortunate tragedy and here is just another example of how concerned we are: I pass this along to keep you informed as to that concern. For those of you who may not think there is a problem let me quickly say that right here in staid, quiet old Victoria BC, Canada, that the other day I was faced with at an introduction with " Oh you're one of them!" And this guys voice was ice cold serious! And a couple of the photojournalists who are creators of this text I know personally and they also have a Leica M6 tucked in there bags along with their regular gear! ++++++++++++++++ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 07:38:28 -0400 From: Anthony Suau <ANTHONYSUAU@compuserve.com> Subject: Photojournalists in Support of Photojournalists To all photojournalist- David Brauchli and I have put this together to see if we can get a larger group of us to unite on this topic before presenting it to the press. We are looking for photojournalists to sign on in order to fight the on slot of attacks on our profession as a whole. Please help us all out and put your name and affiliation with it and send it back to Dave or I ASAP. Many thanks everyone! I hope you are all well and shooting great pictures! Cheers-Anthony Suau - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Photojournalists around the world are being slandered and assaulted after the death of Princess Diana. As professionals we find this abuse unjustifiable and appalling. This is a profession that often places the photographer at great personal risk. Photojournalists are often people who feel a powerful social responsibility to document the atrocities of humanity in order to provide evidence to the world. In turn they believe and hope that these documents will make our world a better place. Unfortunately, however, hundreds of photojournalists have been killed attempting to provide this service to society. There are thousands of photographs which stimulate our consciousness, move us to tears or anger; proving our efforts have not been in vain and this is indeed, an honorable profession. We hope that those who read this will recall photographs which have given us a greater understanding of our world and who we are. Behind every one of those amazing images stood an intelligent and honorable man or woman. They have provided us with a light to see. As a human beings and as a photojournalists we are deeply indebted to them and to this profession as a whole. Today the media, particularly television, is in the process of publicly executing this honorable and important profession. The accident that took place in the Alma tunnel last Saturday night is a tragedy for everyone. We feel the current all-out assault on photojournalism is completely unjustified. This attack is having highly negative consequences on a serious profession and is, in turn, damaging the fragile fabric of our society. We implore the media (television particularly) to report the facts and stop publicly convicting an entire profession. In our eyes this is clearly unprofessional journalism of the tabloid nature and we strongly condemn it. David Brauchli Associated Press Anthony Suau TIME Magazine Alain Pierre Hovasse Associated Press Richard Ellis Sygma News Photo ___________________________________________________________ Richard Ellis Photography -- Covering Washington http://www.pressroom.com/~rellis/ richard.ellis@pressroom.com