November 27, 2010 As Expected … the Kuwait Camera Ban is not True The Kuwait Times published a retraction for their story on the banning of DSLR cameras. Sort of saw that coming … Categories Ethics & Legal
November 10, 2010 “You Get What You Pay For” So true … “Why would I need backup equipment?” I did laugh out loud at that. And I’m thinking watching these things is better than almost everything on television these days … excepting Top Gear. Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Tech Talk
November 7, 2010 Are the Legal Settlements Bigger in Texas, Too? Time will tell, I suppose, for photographer David K. Langford as he sues the State of Texas for using one of his images on state inspection stickers. According to that story in the San Antonio Express News, the state has printed 4.5 million stickers with the stolen image on it and has declined to settle the suit. “If they’d called... Categories Ethics & Legal
October 15, 2010 Forever Young Happy Meal Story Smells Funny Most everyone has now seen the photos or a version of the never-molding Happy Meal story. It’s a funny story, a tragic story – an informative story, too – as photographer Sally Davies shot a McDonald’s Happy Meal over a six month period and saw almost no change in it. Too bad CNN’s version is a badly faked story …... Categories Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Video
October 13, 2010 Journalism: Abandoning Ethics Since … I don’t know what to say … Sean Elliot shared this video on Facebook, watch the 0:34 second mark … there is an explanation here, right? That’s not a news photographer, right? Categories Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Video
September 16, 2010 Civil Rights Era Photographer Revealed as FBI Informant The Memphis Commercial Appeal has a very detailed story up that looks at the work Ernest Withers did, both as a photographer during the Civil Rights movement and as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Categories Ethics & Legal/Journalism
September 16, 2010 International Relations, Photojournalism and Pelé Sitting in my office a few minutes ago, a newspaper came sliding under the partially-closed door. My name, in the classic red ink of Professor Conrad Fink, and his initials, above an obit piece on John Varley. It’s an interesting read about a photograph I’ve seen before but didn’t really comprehend that well. Varley, a British news photographer, made the image... Categories Craft/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism
August 14, 2010 Warning Labels for Photojournalism My colleague, Prof. Barry Hollander, was walking around with a sheet of these journalism warning labels from Tom Scott this week. Very entertaining stuff, but it got me thinking, do we need a set for photos? Time to put your thinking caps on and create a few. My contributions: Warning: This brilliant photo is a total fluke. It’s the only... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism
August 11, 2010 Appellate Judge Orders Reversal of Prior Restraint Order in Los Angeles Justice has been served, although it is unclear if the judge who allowed Los Angeles Times photographer Al Seib to shoot in her court and then prohibited him from publishing the images. Though it is unclear if the original judge understands the error she made. Categories Ethics & Legal
August 5, 2010 Permission, and then Prior Restraint in an LA Courtroom Los Angeles Times photographer Al Seib requested permission, in writing, from Judge Hilleri G. Merritt to photograph the arraignment of Alberd Tersargyan and was given the okay. During the arraignment, the judge (based on requests from lawyers involved) rescinded permission – and then told Seib he was not allowed to publish the images he had already made, according to an... Categories Ethics & Legal