Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don?t know the NYT at all, but is it possible the photographer is a staffer who has signed the copyright over to them in some way? Gerry > On 21 Mar 2016, at 01:33, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > > AP sometimes doesn't credit the photographer. > > I have a friend who works at the Times so I can ask him. > > > > Chris Williams > www.zoeicaimages.net > 504-231-6261 > > >> On Mar 20, 2016, at 9:29 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >> >> Today?s New York Times has a cover story on President Obama?s visit to >> Cuba. It?s accompanied by a p. 1 color photo of a Havana barbershop, >> occupying 5 columns and most of the space above the fold. On p. 8 are six >> more. >> >> I immediately thought of Tina, although I didn?t suppose that they were >> hers, being presumably more or less current photos. What surprised me was >> the credit lines. The p. 1 photo was credited to ?The New York Times?. >> The p. 8 credit was ?Photographs By The New York Times?. >> >> Aside from the amusing mental picture of a newspaper carrying a camera >> and prowling the streets of Havana looking for human interest tableaux, I >> was nonplussed by the lack of attribution in any case, but especially for >> a spread of seven photos starting on Page One. When, and why, did it >> become acceptable at the NYT to publish photos without attribution? >> >> Photos elsewhere in the paper are properly attributed. Would there have >> been some danger to the photographer? There seemed nothing offensive to >> the regime about the images. >> >> Anyone? >> >> ?howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information