Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/31

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Subject: [Leica] Mary Ellen Mark on radio
From: images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue May 31 17:30:42 2005
References: <6.1.2.0.2.20050531194617.01f73f28@mail.comporium.net> <BEC27824.D44%bdcolen@comcast.net>
 
At 08:23 PM 5/31/2005, you wrote:
>I wonder if it was ever possible to make a living as an independent
>documentary photographer - my guess is that it was not. It was one thing to
>be a Life or Look staffer - but as an independent?

True. And it's even worse now.  Not only is there a dearth of documentary 
magazines but if you do any work for them they make you sign contracts 
giving up all rights to your photos.  At least in the old days if you were 
a staffer, you got benefits.

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com
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