Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:49 PM 2/12/02 -0500, Kevin Argue wrote: >The economy is not the problem. Attitude of the US media giants is the >problem. Read American Photographer a few years back on the World Press >winners and lack of publication in the US. Salgado gets in the NY Times but >the rest would rather pay for photos of Julia Roberts or Tom Cruise than >documentaries on poor parts of the world. > >Kevin Argue Kevin This is a capitalist society. I do recognize that Canadians attempt to avoid approaching this reality. Most READERS and VIEWERS would much rather see pictures of Julia Roberts or Tom Cruise (whoever they are) than of some 'poor part of the world'. The folks who OWN these publications want to make money, or else they'd not own them. So, cleanly and clearly, they buy and publish pictures which are of interest to their audience. If a photographer wants to shoot pictures of dismal areas which have no market, then so be it. He is to be lauded for his dedication to Reform and damned for his lack of common sense. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html