Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Is Corbis owned by Microsoft? No - by Bill Gates and they are assimilated every decent photo agency under the sun (apart from Magnum, Contact, Network and PictureDesk International) tim - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feliciano di Giorgio" <feli@d2.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of those God Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear again!;-) > > feli > > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > > > FYI - from the email summary of > > ------------------------------------------ > > NEWS... > > ------------------------------------------ > > Decisive support by Cartier-Bresson > > > > Henri Cartier-Bresson has issued a blistering attack on one of the > > world's largest picture agencies in support of a group of photographers > > taking strike action. The legendary French photographer wrote a > > hand-written letter to the Corbis-Sygma employees who are striking > > against the agency's decision to lay-off 42 photojournalists and issue > > new contractual arrangements. 'I am scandalised by the casualness and > > the cruelty of the massive firing by Corbis of 42 Sygma photographers,' > > he writes. 'The compilation of an image bank, as well stocked as it > > might be, will never match the work of an author.' > > > > Corbis took over Sygma - formed in France 30 years ago - in 1999. In the > > two years since the take-over, losses have accelerated and photographers > > have been in perpetual dispute with their new employees. > > > > (Read more in this week's printed issue of BJP) > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > > When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to smile all the time. > -Ethan Ormsby > ________________________________________________________________________ > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor > feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) 314-2800 ext.3074 > -- > 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