Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is from the BJP newsletter: - --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Guardian and The Observer is closing their wet darkroom this week after a long and distinguished history with six of the darkroom technicians facing an uncertain future, although some positions will be available in the scanning department, writes Reuel Golden. The closure is a sign of the times as papers become more reliant on digital technology and picture desks increasingly source picture agencies for images, rather than using staff photographers For example this year Guardian Newspapers Ltd signed a contract with Allsport where for an annual retainer, it can use editorially as many pictures as it likes taken by agency photographers. In this digital environment, where pictures are electronically captured, stored and transmitted, it is believed that management within the group regarded a space-consuming, 18-hour seven-day operation as economically unviable. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Put another way, if you're a film-only-based freelance working for the UK nationals, it's time to find another career... David Morton dmorton@journalist.co.uk David.Morton@openconsulting.co.uk (+44) 171 917 6272