Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Lottermoser wrote: I'd like to think that any serious, professional photographer who documents events with honesty and integrity, whether freelance, hired or staff would or could earn the moniker of photojournalist - - journaling the visual reality. Shouldn't the product have more to do with the title than the entity writing the check? In the case in point which began this thread: If, hypothetically, another freelance "photojournalist" had caught wind of the demonstration and documented the event on his or her own dime, with the hope of later sales, or simply because they thought it important to journal, and was also arrested and charged - how speaks this illustrious jury? George *************************************************************************** ** George, As I understand it, the law and the court system don't tell you what is "just"; they tell you what is "legal". The law and the court system did not tell us that slavery was "unjust" (or "just" for that matter), the political system/society/morality/whatever told us that and the laws were changed. So in some sense, it doesn't matter what I think about the justice of your 2nd paragraph example: as I understand current law and practice in the United States (and I am not an attorney), the second photographer would be sharing a cell with Mr. Morgan. But, I would add, would also have the same "day in court". It is still not a question of "Do not pass GO! Do not go to Court! Go directly to JAIL!" RP Johnson - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html