Photos in the News
You can't photograph your own car?
01/18/08 08:44
A Mustang car club wanted to publish a calendar with
photos, but the printing company refused, saying that
Ford would first have to give permission. In the end,
Ford said, "All you have to do is ask!" But is that
right? If you buy something, can't you photograph it?
And then can't you use that photograph however you
wish? Not necessarily!
When is a photographer a terrorist?
11/29/07 13:10
Does foreknowledge of a car-bomb turn a photographer
into a terrorist? When that photographer spends time
with terrorists so he can get dramatic video or
stills that Western media outlets want and pay
handsomely to use, isn't that profiting from death?
See what others think! Share your
thoughts!
No photos on public street?
06/23/07 14:03
Can there really be a situation where you can't
photograph on a public street? Yes, according to the
Washington Post, there is such a situation. When a
street is leased to and managed by a private company,
they get to set the rules, even if it took public
funds to create that street in the first place.
Is that fair? What do you think?
A Photo Spins Out of Control
05/30/07 09:59
Emory points to a story about a pretty girl and what
happens when her photo gets on the Internet. An
accomplished athlete, Allison Stokke had won a 2004
California state pole vaulting title, broken five
national records and earned a scholarship to the
University of California, but it was a photo of her
adjusting her hair that brought celebrity knocking on
her door. Maria Sharapova and Anna Kournikova became
sex symbols via tennis, so why not a poll vaulting
princess? Maybe because she doesn't want it? But in
the day of the Internet, does she have any choice?
Join the discussion!
Should This Photographer Be Fired?
04/18/07 09:54
When a photographer clones out a fellow
photographer's leg from the background of a news
photo, should he be fired? How does that leg add news
value to that photo, someone asks. What do you think?