Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHERS; Leicas
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 19:32:05 -0700

On the whole, in every-day medium sized newspapers, some serious 
photojournalism gets done that has nothing to do with commercial gain. 
I know about it because I used to do it, and I knew a lot of 
photojournalists who were doing it. Fortunately, at the smaller papers, 
there wasn't the commercial agenda. A lot of garbage got done at the 
same time. It's the price we paid to do the good work we loved. For me 
the ratio wasn't enough to keep doing it. But for many, who had more 
enlightened editors, it's worth the lousy pay, no benefits and lack of 
respect from people who can barely read.

On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 03:40  PM, bdcolen wrote:

> Come on, Jerry - Life, Colliers, etc., presented in their photo
> journalism a picture of the ideal America, that fat cats such as Henry
> Luce wanted Americans to see and buy into. Yes, there were exceptions.
> But on the whole...

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.jphotog.com

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back. 
- - Will Rogers

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