Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Commercial photographers are like Beta fish. They have to be kept in separate bowls to keep them from killing each other. Slobodan Dimitrov Roland Smith wrote: > > Why don't the displaced photographers form their own association and go > after the business of their former employer? > > In other service professions that is what happens. > > Lawyers do this when separated from their law firm as do CPAs, architechs, > engineers and others. > > Roland Smith, CPA > Oakland, California > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:01 PM > Subject: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of those God > Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear again!;-) > > > 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 > > > > -- > 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