Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]someone with Nat'l Geo's email address ought to send this traffic to them. As a child, adolescent and young guy, I traveled the world, visited people I otherwise could not even imagine, saw fauna and flora as from another planet, all because my mom subscribed since before I could remember. And insisted that I read and observe. Haven't done so in years, no decades. Would much rather remember the quality I recall as a kid. Seth LaK 9 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rolfe Tessem" <rolfe@ldp.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] National Geographic scandal > Emanuel Lowi wrote: > >>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. > > Right. > > And in my case, what gave was my willingness to put up with what has > become mediocre quality at best. It is important for people to speak > with their dollars or management will draw the conclusion that it can > cut the story budget by 75% and nobody will notice. > > The writing, IMHO, was always terrible but one put up with it for the > quality of the photography. Now they are equally bad. If you saw the > rows and rows of offices in the National Geo building filled with people > doing essentially nothing, you would be even more outraged. > > Rolfe > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html