Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/30

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Subject: [Leica] National Geographic scandal
From: "Emanuel Lowi" <mano@proxyma.net>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:31:29 -0400

>I was a long-time subscriber to National Geographic but cancelled my 
>subscription this past year for two reasons. First, I feel that the 
>quality of the pictures in the magazine has declined dramatically over 
>the past number of years. I can't put my finger on when it happened, but 
>over the past decade there has been a definite deterioration. 

Dramatically reduced time allowed for the photographers to shoot the stories -- in
many cases about 25% of what used to be permitted. Far less $ spent on each
assignment too (used to tally up to $100K per story for photos alone). Something's
gotta give.

Emanuel Lowi
Montreal
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