RE: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of those God Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear again!;-)

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Gee, Mike, I just thought everyone would like to know what the Leica God is
up to these days. But, given that he is exhibiting his Commie socialist
class-bashing predilections, I guess now he's just a befuddled old man,
eh?;-)

Perhaps people, no, I take that back, perhaps working photographers, who
need jobs and need decent reimbursement from the sale of their images, are
bashing Corbis because Corbis is basically monopolizing the photo world and
making it impossible for a lot of people to make a living because of the way
it is squeezing the market.

But don't worry, it isn't having any effect on the neck jewelry collectors
who use their $1500 Ms and $1700 Summilux's to take snaps of little Scooter
and Ginny.

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mike Gil
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 6:11 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of
those God Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear
again!;-)


Why blame Corbis.  The economy sucks everywhere.
There are alot of cut backs throught our economy.  Why
should they be exempted.

mike

- --- Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com> wrote:
> Is Corbis owned by Microsoft?
>
> feli
>
>
> "B. D. Colen" wrote:
> >
> > FYI - from the email summary of
> > ------------------------------------------
> > NEWS...
> > ------------------------------------------
> > Decisive support by Cartier-Bresson
> >
> > Henri Cartier-Bresson has issued a blistering
> attack on one of the
> > world's largest picture agencies in support of a
> group of photographers
> > taking strike action. The legendary French
> photographer wrote a
> > hand-written letter to the Corbis-Sygma employees
> who are striking
> > against the agency's decision to lay-off 42
> photojournalists and issue
> > new contractual arrangements. 'I am scandalised by
> the casualness and
> > the cruelty of the massive firing by Corbis of 42
> Sygma photographers,'
> > he writes. 'The compilation of an image bank, as
> well stocked as it
> > might be, will never match the work of an author.'
> >
> > Corbis took over Sygma - formed in France 30 years
> ago - in 1999. In the
> > two years since the take-over, losses have
> accelerated and photographers
> > have been in perpetual dispute with their new
> employees.
> >
> > (Read more in this week's printed issue of BJP)
> >
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