Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi George, I agree completely. Eric On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > While accredited photojournalists (working with press passes from > mainstream > media outlets) may have a mandate (not sure what that means) to "cover the > news" "street photography," as we see it presented here and elsewhere, does > not necessarily fall into the news category. It has become a genre unto > itself. Most street photographers do not have press credentials. When I did > full time photojournalism from the late 60's to mid 70's I had press passes > and never had to show them. Partly because I was known in many venues but > also because there were no restrictions. Back then the only places I ever > had to show a press pass was to get back stage or up close to high profile > subjects, press conferences and the like. Now, I need a press pass and a > permit to take a high end camera and bag of lenses to Summerfest. > Ridiculous > - to say the least. > > Fond regards, > George > > george@imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > On Jul 12, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Eric Boehm, Jr wrote: > >> Unfortunately, this may be true. However, in a journalistic sense, >> acredited photojournalists do have a mandate to "cover the news" and >> this means "street photography", at least to a certain degree. But I >> agree, Salgado's work today would need model releases. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Eric W.A. Boehm, PhD Assistant Professor, Microbiology Department of Biological Sciences Kean University, 1000 Morris Ave. Union, NJ 07083 908-737-3654 eboehm@kean.edu Research Website: http://www.eboehm.com/ Photography Website: http://www.streetphotographyisrael.com/