Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Without wanting to embark on a a discussion of the merits of Hizbollah vs. Israel (my opinions on that are clearly stated on my blog, and everyone is welcome to comment there), I would like to hear the opinion of the experienced photojournalists here on the quality of the coverage now vs. 30 years ago. It seems to me that the last truly independent coverage of a conflict was in Indochina in the 1970s. Today the reporting and photography by the likes of people mentioned by Walt appears to have been replaced by carefully managed photo ops, embedded reporters and the like. Is that true, or am I just influenced by a romantic notion of the independent reporter as seen in movies like The Killing Fields or All The President's Men? Nathan Walt Johnson wrote: > I certainly respect many of the men and women risking their lives to > cover the war. If it hadn't been for those such as Larry Burrow, Cathy > Leroy, Nick Ut, Don Mccullin and many other where would would be? > Maybe still in S.E. Asia trying to create "peace with honor" out of > this country's wealthy elitist's quest for more power. Still, my view > has nothing to do with being sympathetic to any of the participant's > causes. -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog