Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As the 'Publicans are fond of saying, a special interest group. They've had some very serious questioning directed at them with regard as to how, and why, they decide to "help" certain groups over others. But, that is an issue for another forum. S.d. On May 5, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 07:50 PM 5/5/2009, you wrote: >> I was surprised when I got to the sequence that covered the >> "Doctors Without Borders" there were no photos depicting the >> doctors. #15, children running after the doctor's vehicle, #17 >> woman with her child sitting in the clinic. >> >> Where are photos showing the doctors? Did the photographer not >> take any? or were they just left out. >> >> For me the takeaway was that there was an agenda in this and in >> the end I felt it did not make it's mark on me. > > Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres, are very, > very particular about how they are photographed. They have their > own publicity photographers and usually do not allow anyone else to > take photos of the doctors at work. I had taken some after > Hurricane Mitch in Honduras and got a call from MSF asking me not > to use them for anything without prior approval. I did manage to > get approval to use one but it was a real hassle. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information