Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of those God Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear again!;-)
From: Mike Gil <dtt2150@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:10:44 -0800 (PST)

Why blame Corbis.  The economy sucks everywhere. 
There are alot of cut backs throught our economy.  Why
should they be exempted.

mike

- --- Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com> wrote:
> Is Corbis owned by Microsoft?
> 
> 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)
> > 
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Replies: Reply from "George Weir" <george@georgeweir.com> (Re: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of those God Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear again!;-))