Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While I've not been a "photojournalist" for over 20 years. I believe that we still have dedicated independent journalists out there. However, I also believe that the ratio of the "indy" in relation to the "embedded, photo-oppy, carefully managed" is much lower than it once was. I think that is due to the fact that there are far fewer independent, critical thinking news managers and editors than 20 - 50 years ago. I also think that the internet is in many ways attempting to fill the indy vacuum. Unfortunately, so many of the bloggers and indy photographers are untrained and undisciplined. Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com On Aug 11, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I would like to hear the opinion of the experienced > photojournalists here on the quality of the coverage now vs. 30 > years ago. It seems to me that the last truly independent coverage > of a conflict was in Indochina in the 1970s. Today the reporting > and photography by the likes of people mentioned by Walt appears to > have been replaced by carefully managed photo ops, embedded > reporters and the like. Is that true, or am I just influenced by a > romantic notion of the independent reporter as seen in movies like > The Killing Fields or All The President's Men?