Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This all seems pretty obvious to me, and has absolutely nothing to do with the integrity, ethics, etc., of anyone: The independent freelance should be treated as a journalist. The freelance hired by the demonstrators should be treated as a demonstrator - he is, after all, paid to be there specifically to advance the cause of the demonstrators - - which makes him one of them. George Lottermoser wrote: > BobKramer@COOPERCARRY.com (BOB KRAMER)12/21/0110:56 AM > > >>No PJ. >> > > I'd like to think that any serious, professional photographer who > documents events with honesty and integrity, whether freelance, > hired or staff would or could earn the moniker of photojournalist > - journaling the visual reality. Shouldn't the product have more > to do with the title than the entity writing the check? > > In the case in point which began this thread: > If, hypothetically, another freelance "photojournalist" had > caught wind of the demonstration and documented the event on his > or her own dime, with the hope of later sales, or simply because > they thought it important to journal, and was also arrested and > charged - how speaks this illustrious jury? > > George > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html