[Leica] Re:Pictures, PJ, and art

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

BD agrees with me??? :)

I know a few photojournalists, they went to school for it, paid their dues,
went broke looking for freelance work before landing a job. I'm not a
photojournalist and neither are 75% of wedding photographers.

Chris



----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen"
Subject: RE:Pictures, PJ, and art


> Bravo, Chris - Right on the money when it comes to "wedding
> photojournalists" - who take the bride and groom in all their finery
> down to the nearest beach and, in the middle of the wedding events, tell
> them to walk on it barefoot, shoot them, and call it "photo journalism."
>
> Yes, altering photos has been around since the beginning...and this is
> the one area of journalism where, thank God, standards have gotten far
> more rigorous, rather than more relaxed.