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<title><![CDATA[Meet ASPP National President M. Masterson]]></title>
<link>http://photosecrets.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/meet-aspp-national-president-m-masterson/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ASPP West Chapter Holiday Party Just this last week I went to the ASPP West Coast Chapter Holiday Pa]]></description>
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<p>Just this last week I went to the ASPP West Coast Chapter Holiday Party at El Coyote in Los Angeles. There were many familiar faces and a few new ones. Please meet new incoming National President Michael Masterson in this short video:</p>
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<p>Benefits of the membership includes invitations to special events. Please mark your calendars for January 23, 2010 when I will have the honor to participate in the next ASPP workshop that will be facilitated in Los Angeles, South Pasadena. More details to follow soon.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan Troop Surge Benefits Harley-Davidson]]></title>
<link>http://nwhog.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/afghanistan-troop-surge-benefits-harley-davidson/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mac</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[By this time you’ve already heard that our President, Barack Obama, a man who ran on a platform of h]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://nwhog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/afgan_photo.png"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5508" title="Afgan_Photo" src="http://nwhog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/afgan_photo.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="272" /></a>By this time you’ve already heard that our President, Barack Obama, a man who ran on a platform of hope and change, is getting us deeper into Afghanistan.  Isn&#8217;t Al-Qaeda in Pakistan?  And, if the Soviets <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan">couldn&#8217;t win</a> there, why can we?  A country owned by China with disastrous financials (that&#8217;s us, in case you didn&#8217;t recognize your homeland).</p>
<p>If you join the armed forces to serve your country, to pay your bills, you&#8217;re entering <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_(song)">Hotel California</a>.  It seems you can never leave.  You jumpily wait for people to attack you or detonate IEDs.  Coming home to a country that pays you lip service, but doesn&#8217;t give a rip because people can’t find a job.  If you come home at all.  And if you do return, you&#8217;re likely traumatized.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs is paying record bonuses and their Chairman Lloyd Blankfein says the firm is doing God&#8217;s work.  Huh?  What deity does Mr. Blankfein pray to who wants to see the populace suffer?  Used to be Wall Street helped build America, now traders just profit off exotic investment instruments.</p>
<p>But there is good news (sarcasm alert!).  The enormous financial outlay of the 8+ year war has brought into sharp focus <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagram_Air_Base">Bagram Airfield</a>, where off-duty soldiers can obtain everything from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyz</a> massages to purchase a BK burger.  Including a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.  According to AFP <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jgUtikXjmgvzoYSVmKQ4BjWPBwzA">reports</a>, the dealer for those away from the front lines sells about 4 motorcycles a month to U.S. servicemen.  With another 30,000 troops being deployed, and most of them set to take off or land on Bagram’s runway in route to fight the Taliban it means H-D should expect a sales increase proportional with the troop surge.  In fact, I just read a <a href="http://www.harley-davidsonforums.com/forums/new-community/14577-just-got-09-black-pearl-night-train.html">post</a> on the H-D forum from a soldier who bought a 2009 Night Train yesterday.  Congrats Army_Train85 and thank you for your service!!</p>
<p>Obama’s speech wasn’t all that inspirational for me, but he did state (<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/12/obama-speech-text-afghanistan.html">you can read the full text of his speech here</a>) that sending the extra troops will cost the U.S. military $30 billion dollars this year &#8212; or $1 million for each newly deployed soldier.  That’s high-finance and hard for me to wrap my head around it.  In fact, it’s difficult for me to understand the cost ($28 a head) of each and every meal prepared for U.S. soldiers on the base cost more than most Afghans earn in a month.  That alone might explain the attraction to the Taliban-linked narco-terrorists.  <em>Sigh</em>. I wish there was a better way&#8230;</p>
<p>At any rate, as Bagram turns into a military “boom-town”…H-D is poised to take advantage.</p>
<p><em>Photo courtesy of Corbis/Shaun Schwartz.</em></p>
<h6>All Rights Reserved © Northwest Harley <a href="http://nwhog.wordpress.com/">Blog</a></h6>
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<title><![CDATA[Silent Auction New York ]]></title>
<link>http://photosecrets.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/silent-auction-new-york/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>photosecrets</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[When I was working at Corbis, Red Carpet Photographer and industry staple Frank Trapper was publishi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>When I was working at <a href="http://corbis.com" target="_blank">Corbis</a>, Red Carpet Photographer and industry staple <a href="http://www.corbisimages.com/Search/SearchResults.aspx?q=frank+trapper&#38;ac=null" target="_blank">Frank Trapper</a> was publishing a book. It is called <a href="http://photosecrets.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1.gif"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1188" title="-1" src="http://photosecrets.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1.gif" alt="" width="170" height="215" /></a><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781599620336" target="_blank">&#8220;Red Carpet, 20 Years of Fame and Fashion&#8221;</a> and published by Publisher Lena Tabori from <a href="http://welcomebooks.com" target="_blank">Welcome Books</a> in New York.</p>
<p>Lena is an extraordinary publisher and interested in many different subjects and of course &#8211; photography. Today I have received an invitation for a photography auction that I&#8217;d like to share with you.</p>
<p>Dear Friends,</p>
<p>As some of you already know, Welcome, and most particularly our art director Gregory Wakabayashi has been involved for some years in the organization of a photography auction that raises money for a children&#8217;s hospital in Cambodia. Each year some of our photographers are involved (Amy Arbus, Eric Meola, Douglas Kirkland this year). Each year Greg creates an email announcement under our name.  Attached is this year’s which I hope you will all share with everyone you know.</p>
<p>And, please recognize that, although only some of you live in New York, everyone can participate. For more information about the auction and the Angkor Children&#8217;s Hospital, please go to www.fwab.org</p>
<p>Many thanks.</p>
<p>Lena</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Win Love Freo Postcards]]></title>
<link>http://lovefreo.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/win-love-freo-postcards/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>philinfreo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re super proud of Izzy at Love Freo for winning Corbis’ Creatives Behind the Lens competiti]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>We&#8217;re super proud of Izzy at Love Freo for winning Corbis’ Creatives Behind the Lens competition with her fantasitc photo of <a href="//lovefreo.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/south-not-bondi/">South Beach</a>. To celebrate we&#8217;re giving away a set of our postcards <a title="Colour Freo" href="http://lovefreo.com/postcards01.html">Colour Freo</a> and <a title="Breathe Freo" href="http://lovefreo.com/postcards02.html">Breathe Freo</a> which feature more beautiful examples of Izzy&#8217;s work.</p>
<p>To win, just email us at <a href="mailto:info@lovefreo.com">info@lovefreo.com</a> with <em>Postcard Competition</em> in the subject field by 26th of November and we&#8217;ll put all the names in a hat.</p>
<p>Izzy will draw the winner <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1726" title="South Beach Sunrise" src="http://lovefreo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/yacht_club.jpg" alt="South Beach Sunrise" width="415" height="415" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Corbis]]></title>
<link>http://allthingsd.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/corbis/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>debbii</dc:creator>
<guid>http://allthingsd.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/corbis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pic spammage part II: Pics from Creative Behind The Lens photography exhibition hosted at the MCA.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South, not Bondi]]></title>
<link>http://lovefreo.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/south-not-bondi/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Izzy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lovefreo.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/south-not-bondi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Love Freo is pleased about being a winner in Corbis&#8217; Creatives Behind the Lens competition, wh]]></description>
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<p>Love Freo is pleased about being a winner in Corbis&#8217; <a href="http://www.creativesbehindthelens.com.au/#/HOME" target="_self">Creatives Behind the Lens</a> competition, which originated in Europe three years ago and has been held in Australia for the first time. The winning photograph (&#8216;South Beach&#8217;) was taken at a hazy early morning down at South Beach last autumn. While the Melbourne Man went for a swim a rainbow appeared in the haze and I was just so glad I had brought my camera. Together with the very few other early morning dog walkers I marveled at this beautiful performance of nature.</p>
<p>The 47 national winners were invited to Sydney, where our work was unveiled at a private view at the <a href="http://www.mca.com.au/" target="_self">Museum of Contemporary Arts</a> last week, followed by a party at one of the best locations in Australia &#8211; MCA&#8217;s rooftop balcony right at Circular Quay with stunning views over the harbour, Opera House and Harbour Bridge.</p>
<p>Corbis is planning to bring the exhibition to Perth early next year and is looking for interesting locations. I suggested <a href="https://www.littlecreatures.com.au/index.php?option=com_morfeoshow&#38;task=view&#38;gallery=7" target="_self">Creatures Loft</a> and <a href="http://www.fac.org.au/index.aspx" target="_self">Fremantle Arts Centre</a>, but if you have other ideas, please let me know and I&#8217;ll forward them.</p>
<p>View all winners <a href="http://www.creativesbehindthelens.com.au/#/GALLERY" target="_self">here</a> or read an article about the event <a href="http://www.campaignbrief.com/wa/2009/11/corbis-announces-winners-of-cr.html" target="_self">here</a>.<br />
For prints of the winning photo, please <a href="mailto:info@lovefreo.com">contact us</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Il bunker della memoria ]]></title>
<link>http://paoblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/il-bunker-della-memoria/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>paoblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://paoblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/il-bunker-della-memoria/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[di Raffaele Oriani &#8211; Fonte: www.wired.it La didascalia lo chiama ancora Cassius Clay l’immagin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>di Raffaele Oriani &#8211; Fonte: <a href="http://www.wired.it/">www.wired.it</a></p>
<p>La didascalia lo chiama ancora <strong>Cassius Clay </strong>l’immagine lo proietta già tra le icone del nostro tempo. È immenso e terribile, piantato a gambe larghe sopra il povero Sonny Liston che è crollato al primo minuto del primo round. L’abbiamo visto mille volte, stampato e duplicato in formati mignon o extralarge. Ma il negativo è uno solo, è datato 25/5/1965, e per tenerlo tra le dita non resta che andare fino a Pittsburgh, prendere l’Interstate 79 e perdersi tra i boschi della Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>Perché qui, nel silenzio della contea di Butler, a 60 metri sottoterra, in un caveau naturale imbottito di roccia calcarea, riposa il primo secolo di cronaca diventato storia grazie alla fotografia: gli eroi della boxe, i primi aeroplani, la lingua di Einstein, il cranio glabro di Gandhi.</p>
<p>Oppure il Vietnam: c’è una ragazzina a braccia spalancate. Abbiamo visto mille volte anche lei, in quasi quarant’anni di repliche è diventata il simbolo dello schifo della guerra, di nuovo e diverso c’è solo la punzonatura sul margine inferiore della pellicola. Conoscevamo le stampe, teniamo in mano il negativo col buco. Era lì quando cadevano le bombe, sempre lì quando l’ufficio di Saigon decideva su che inquadratura puntare. Ora è qui, a temperatura, umidità e sorveglianza costanti. Mentre ce lo rigiriamo tra le dita pensiamo all’androide di Blade Runner e alla sua malinconia per quelle immagini destinate a perdersi «come lacrime nella pioggia».</p>
<p>Nella contea di Butler hanno deciso di conservare tutto. Compresi l’orrore della guerra e la memoria dei buchi. Cent’anni di storia in quasi otto milioni di scatti. Quanto vale il ricordo delle minuzie e delle altezze del Novecento? Per qualità e varietà delle immagini la collezione Bettmann è un monumento a quello che sembrava il primo ed è stato l’ultimo secolo della fotografi a analogica. Nasce europea, diventa americana quando Otto Bettmann è costretto ad abbandonare Berlino con due bauli zeppi di immagini («Ma che si porta dietro l’ebreo?», commentano i doganieri del Reich), è patrimonio dell’umanità da quando basta un clic per richiamare sullo schermo il sigaro di Fidel Castro o le due dita di Winston Churchill.</p>
<p>Fino a qualche anno fa riceveva al terzo piano di 902 Broadway. Poi ci si è resi conto che il caldo e l’umidità di New York ne stavano spappolando i negativi e sbiadendo le diapositive: «Si sentiva puzza d’aceto, come sempre quando stai per perdere delle pellicole d’annata», ricorda ora Henry Wilhelm, il guru della conservazione fotografica che con una relazione di 21 pagine negli ultimi anni ’90 spiega perché è ora di mettere tutto al sicuro sottoterra.</p>
<p>Fortuna vuole che dal ’95 la collezione Bettmann sia entrata in pancia a Corbis, l’agenzia di Bill Gates che in pochi anni si è accaparrata i migliori giacimenti fotografici su piazza: dai diritti di riproduzione dell’Ermitage di San Pietroburgo alla collezione di Lynn Goldsmith sulle stelle del rock, ai milioni di scatti dell’agenzia francese Sygma. Come sempre quando si tratta di proprietà intellettuale, a tanti acquisti seguono altrettante polemiche ma per la fragile collezione sulla Broadway un padrone di nome Bill Gates vuol dire soprattutto volontà e mezzi per traslocare milioni di foto. Detto, fatto. Ecco perché invece che a Manhattan ora siamo tra vacche e scoiattoli, davanti a un’ex miniera che l’ossessione americana per la sicurezza ha trasformato in rifugio a prova di Armageddon nucleare.</p>
<p>L’ingresso è una voragine improvvisa, i controlli sono ferrei e prima di entrare dobbiamo consegnare il passaporto e ritirare un estintore d’emergenza. La contea di Butler è una delle aree meno sismiche degli Stati Uniti, e il suo sottosuolo offre garanzie di cui approfittano in tanti: con l’auto elettrica passiamo davanti ai magazzini blindati di Sony, Cbs, Paramount e altre decine senza nome protetti da portoni senza insegna. È un immenso labirinto di cinque metri d’altezza sigillato da uno strato di roccia immobile da 300 milioni di anni.</p>
<p>Quando si tratta di allestire l’eterno gli americani fanno le cose per bene: i 2300 clienti di Iron Mountain – colosso dell’archiviazione da 20mila dipendenti che dal ’98 è proprietario della miniera – sanno che la sorveglianza armata è attiva 24 ore su 24, che il fire department può intervenire ovunque entro due minuti, e che se domani il mondo là fuori sparisse, qui sotto sarebbe business as usual per almeno una settimana. Lo spazio a disposizione è stato conquistato da centinaia di minatori che per decenni si sono fatti largo a colpi di dinamite: «Per capire la solidità della struttura bisogna pensare che ha resistito a mezzo secolo di esplosioni», spiega Charles J. Doughty, manager che frequenta questi cunicoli da quasi quarant’anni.</p>
<p>Il consumo di energia è ridotto al minimo anche per la presenza di un lago sotterraneo che a breve sarà inserito nel ciclo di raffreddamento degli impianti elettrici e informatici: generatori, deumidificatori e l’enorme data center che assicura il back up di due milioni di computer sparsi in tutti gli States. Negli anni ’60 queste cavità venivano pubblicizzate come il luogo ideale dove trascorrere l’inverno nucleare, oggi si sono specializzate in informazioni senza data di scadenza.</p>
<p>«Il 95 per cento dei dati di aziende ed enti federali ha una vita di 3–7 anni», precisa Doughty. «Noi ci occupiamo del resto». Inutile chiedergli chi e per quanto tempo qui conservi che cosa: oltre il 90 per cento dei clienti pretende l’anonimato, approfittando della coltre di discrezione che avvolge questo luogo. Siamo fortunati, le nostre foto rappresentano una squillante eccezione: di fronte a tanto riserbo fa quasi tenerezza superare l’ultimo pilastro di roccia e trovarci di fronte a due palmette e un’insegna che recita semplicemente “Corbis”.</p>
<p><strong>Ann Hartmann</strong>, che dal 2002 dirige la Corbis film preservation facility, ci accoglie con caffelatte, cheesecake e la solidarietà istintiva che scatta tra umani reduci da paesaggi estremi&#8230;.</p>
<p>Continua la lettura qui &#62; <a href="http://www.wired.it/magazine/archivio/2009/09/storie/il-bunker-della-memoria.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.wired.it/magazine/archivio/2009/09/storie/il-bunker-della-memoria.aspx</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Brand New]]></title>
<link>http://berrinsun.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/brand-new/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>berrinsun</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[One of our assistants posted about Brand New on acemicaylak, which is the mother blog of Sabancı Uni]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jacquelyn's Memorable Moment SS 10]]></title>
<link>http://fordmodelsblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/jacquelyns-memorable-moment-ss-10/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Damien Neva</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fordmodelsblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/jacquelyns-memorable-moment-ss-10/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What is Jacquelyn Jablonski&#8217;s most memorable moment from SS 10? Find out here at Models.com. J]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>What is <strong>Jacquelyn Jablonski</strong>&#8217;s most memorable moment from <strong>SS 10</strong>?  Find out <a href="http://models.com/oftheminute/?p=10778">here</a> at <strong><a href="http://models.com/oftheminute/?p=10778">Models.com</a></strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://models.com/oftheminute/?p=10778"><div id="attachment_1092" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 520px"><img src="http://fordmodelsblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/42-23497199.jpg" alt="Jacquelyn Jablonski" title="42-23497199" width="510" height="366" class="size-full wp-image-1092" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Jacquelyn Jablonski &#124; Image by © WWD/Condé Nast/Corbis</p></div></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Made Me Look - Fast Media Magazine]]></title>
<link>http://photosecrets.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/made-me-look-fast-media-magazine/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Something Old, Something New, Something Fast My former colleague from Corbis Marco Oonk is a smart g]]></description>
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<p>My former colleague from Corbis Marco Oonk is a smart guy. He just launched Fast Media Magazine and his new idea is gaining traction very quickly.</p>
<p>Marco is well respected and a long time industry professional and that certainly plays into his success. Let me tell you about his new venture and why I think this is a great thing.</p>
<p><a href="http://issuu.com/shacabi/docs/fastmediasept09" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1141" title="Picture 3" src="http://photosecrets.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture-31.png?w=212" alt="Picture 3" width="212" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>What&#8217;s it all about? Fast Media Magazine is about connecting media content owners,  movers and users in a debate about the future and through a directory. As media has been facing dramatic shifts from print to online there is significant pressure on all licensing models dealing with content: stock, image, footage and music.</p>
<p>Marco doesn&#8217;t like to call what he does a blog, he calls it a magazine. The content is a collection in the form of a multitude of opinions from the three sides of content:  Creators, providers and users.</p>
<p>Why would this be important to you? Much like the Microstock concept wasn&#8217;t developed by a stock photography industry professional the next big concept changing the licensing world might come from somewhere outside the industry. Fast Media Magazine wants to be ahead of this discussion and engage movers and shakers so that a trend can be spotted as it develops.</p>
<p>Why I think there is a place for this. There is very little out there that deals with the multiple challenges and sides of content creation, distribution and use. Each of these entities have their own individual industry associations that deal with their unique aspects. The coming together can at times be a little difficult as it&#8217;s well documented in the past. For example the interests of content creating photographers and big name stock distributors like Getty or Corbis don&#8217;t always seem to line up although it would be in their best interest to collaborate effectively.</p>
<p>One of the things that I learned when working at a corporation is that you fight two battles. You have the internal aspect where you need to convince the very people that hired you that you are doing the right things but in reality the bigger battle is the market place. It&#8217;s out there that our focus needs to be. So if Fast Media Magazine can take the internal battles and collectively find a voice, an opinion and/or an outlet than that would be terrific and for the greatest good of all.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be following him for sure and you will be hearing about him on this blog.  Here is a <a href="http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/?p=1441" target="_blank">link to an article about them </a>and here is the<a href="http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/" target="_blank"> link to the website </a>. Follow them on <a href="http://twitter.com/Fastmediamag" target="_blank">Twitter.</a></p>
<p>Here is a copy of the press release:</p>
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<p><strong>LONDON, 18 October 2009. Fast Media Magazine (</strong><a href="http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/"><strong>www.fastmediamagazine.com</strong></a><strong>) is launching its new website and online magazine. The magazine exists to connect media content owners, movers and users.*</strong></p>
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<p>Media content owners, movers and users share a number of fundamental challenges and opportunities. Fast Media Magazine provides a platform to share information about these issues. From copyright, piracy and saturation to pricing, free products, new business models and innovative technologies. We will write about all issues that keep the industry talking and report on the events where these discussions take place.</p>
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<p>In an environment where media content is being shared ever faster over the web and through communities Fast Media Magazine curates the most relevant news and produces original articles, interviews and reports. The focus is outward and forward with an emphasis on information and ideas that make people and individuals successful in changing environments.</p>
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<p>To enable easy connections the website and magazine are supported by a Directory. For in-depth debates, sharing of best practices and simply to connect with other readers there’s a forum and the ability to comment on and discuss every article.</p>
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<p>The magazine has had a soft launch for the past month. It has already established a growing, loyal and engaged readership. Over the coming months new issues will be published and work has started on a number of special editions.</p>
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<p><em>* <strong>Owners</strong> (e.g. photographers, musicians, copywriters, journalists, and illustrators) &#124; <strong>Movers</strong> (e.g. Stock photography agencies, record companies, publishers and websites) &#124; <strong>Users</strong> (e.g. advertising agencies, designers, corporations and consumers)</em></p>
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<p>Fast Media Magazine is connecting media content, owners, movers and users.  It’s published by Marco Oonk, a 15 year Stock Photography industry veteran who worked in senior positions at both Getty Images, Corbis, Photoshot and Asia Images Group. In an interview with Moodboards’ The factory Blog he said:</p>
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<p><em>“These are stories worth telling. Companies and people each bring their own ambition, experience, skill-sets and contributions to the table and I am providing a platform to share this knowledge. It’s about looking outward and forward and having a dialogue between industry insiders, outside experts and clients that is constructive and productive and helps companies and people be successful.”</em></p>
<p><em>(http://thefactory.moodboard.com/post/Interview-with-Marco-Oonk.aspx)</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[IMMORTALIZED]]></title>
<link>http://thecommwhore.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/immortalized/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thecommwhore</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[So how do you immortalize YOU? Barely a month ago in our advertising class, we were asked by our pro]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>So how do you immortalize YOU?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Barely a month ago in our advertising class, we were asked by our professor to design the book covers of our autobiographies. Being the adobe-phobic (just a term I playfully coined) that I always am, I responded with a slightly heavy heart.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">But thank God for Microsoft Publisher 2007!!! Armed with stock photos from getty image, corbis, deviantart, and google images, I was able to strut my stuff. Because of that experience I learned the importance of resourcefulness. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  My book cover may not be the best but I am so proud of it because it&#8217;s a product of a gargantuan amount of time and effort. And now, I am thankful that we were given the chance of designing our very own book cover &#8217;cause by doing so, I was able to reflect on my personality. I was able to ask myself who I really was, what I really wanted to be&#8230; Oh no. Now, I&#8217;m getting emo.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Now moving on to the concept. I am fun-loving gal who loves kikay stuff and all (just look at the title <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> ), so I picture my book cover to in pink (the kikay color). Also, I want to reach a wide range of audience so I decided to tell my story in Filipino. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  The book is an easy read with lots of pictures to make it a little more interesting.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I really hope to learn Photoshop STAT.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">So for some guys out there who is adobe-phobic like me, fret no more. There are other programs out there that are just waiting to be used and discovered. Quoting Professor Ardivilla, &#8220;It&#8217;s not about the weapon, it&#8217;s about the warrior.&#8221;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Etisalat blocks access to Bill Gates-owned Corbis]]></title>
<link>http://campaignme.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/etisalat-blocks-access-to-bill-gates-owned-corbis/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mickycampaignme</dc:creator>
<guid>http://campaignme.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/etisalat-blocks-access-to-bill-gates-owned-corbis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Etisalat has blocked access to the Corbis website in the UAE, one of the world&#8217;s largest pictu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Etisalat has blocked access to the Corbis website in the UAE, one of the world&#8217;s largest picture libraries.</p>
<p>The resource of stock film and photography footage comprising more than a 100 million images, is privately owned by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and is a vital art-buying tool for the region&#8217;s ad agencies and publishing industry.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1011" title="Etisalat blocked" src="http://campaignme.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/picture-2.png?w=300" alt="Etisalat blocked" width="300" height="214" />It is not known why Corbis has suddenly fallen foul of Etisalat&#8217;s censorship guidelines, having been freely available without restriction for several years, though sources say the  company is currently in talks with the telco giant to get its site unblocked.</p>
<p>The latest incident adds to an upsurge in criticism of Etisalat&#8217;s policies.</p>
<p>In July the company rendered the UAE&#8217;s Blackberry devices inoperable for several days after sending them a battery sapping &#8216;performance enhancement patch&#8217;.</p>
<p>The patch was revealed to be spyware potentially allowing Etisalat access to texts and emails sent by customers.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Walter the Giant Squid goes to the MCA Sydney!]]></title>
<link>http://vonwoof.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/walter-the-giant-squid-goes-to-the-mca-sydney/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vonwoof</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vonwoof.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/walter-the-giant-squid-goes-to-the-mca-sydney/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well, Walter, I think we can now officially call you &#8220;Art&#8221;. This photo of Walter, entitl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Well, Walter, I think we can now officially call you &#8220;Art&#8221;.</p>
<p>This photo of Walter, entitled &#8220;Abandoned squid, Yarra Bay&#8221; is being exhibited as part of Corbis Creatives Behind the Lens at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney on November 12, and then touring around Australia. I hear a rumour that Walter might even appear in a book!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-313" title="Abandoned squid yarra bay" src="http://vonwoof.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/abandoned-squid-yarra-bay.jpg?w=300" alt="Abandoned squid yarra bay" width="300" height="165" /></p>
<p>It&#8217;s a great day for crocheted squids.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Corbis Readymech Cameras]]></title>
<link>http://weeweeyun.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/corbis-readymech-cameras/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>weeweeyun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://weeweeyun.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/corbis-readymech-cameras/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Found this on the tumblr, and LOVE this idea of printing your own camera! This is so awesome&#8230; ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;">Found this on the <a href="http://weeweeyun.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tumblr</a>, and LOVE this idea of printing your own camera! This is so awesome&#8230; it kinda reminds me that I haven&#8217;t yet made a calendar cube for these last few months of 2009. (For those of you who were following the calendar cubes, many apologies, life sort of got in the way&#8230;) But am working on bringing out something in 2010, so please stay tuned. For now enjoy a <a href="http://www.corbis.readymech.com/en" target="_blank">download-able pin hole camera </a>from Corbis Readymech <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> !</p>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 382px"><a href="http://www.corbis.readymech.com/en"><img title="Download free pin-hole camera and get SNAPPING!" src="http://www.corbis.readymech.com/images/cameras/Camera5.large.jpg" alt="" width="372" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">from corbis Readymech!</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Quand la mort s'est abattue sur le Rwanda]]></title>
<link>http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/quand-la-mort-sest-abattue-sur-le-rwanda/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>citizenzoo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/quand-la-mort-sest-abattue-sur-le-rwanda/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[photo: (inconnu) photo: (inconnu) photo: (inconnu) photo: (inconnu) photo: (inconnu) source: Corbis ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4377" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/quand-la-mort-sest-abattue-sur-le-rwanda/rwanda/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4377" title="Rwanda" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/rwanda.jpg" alt="Rwanda" width="497" height="388" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">photo: (inconnu)</span></p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4378" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/quand-la-mort-sest-abattue-sur-le-rwanda/rwanda-genocide-1994-10/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4378" title="Rwanda-Genocide-1994-10" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/rwanda-genocide-1994-10.jpg" alt="Rwanda-Genocide-1994-10" width="400" height="327" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">photo: (inconnu)</span></p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4379" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/quand-la-mort-sest-abattue-sur-le-rwanda/rwanda2/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4379" title="Rwanda2" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/rwanda2.jpg" alt="Rwanda2" width="400" height="327" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">photo: (inconnu)</span></p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4380" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/quand-la-mort-sest-abattue-sur-le-rwanda/rwandagenocidekillingsdk0/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4380" title="rwandagenocidekillingsdk0" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/rwandagenocidekillingsdk0.jpg" alt="rwandagenocidekillingsdk0" width="497" height="328" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">photo: (inconnu)</span></p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4381" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/quand-la-mort-sest-abattue-sur-le-rwanda/rwanda-dead/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4381" title="rwanda-dead" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/rwanda-dead.jpg" alt="rwanda-dead" width="442" height="338" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">photo: (inconnu)</span></p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4382" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/quand-la-mort-sest-abattue-sur-le-rwanda/rwanda-church/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4382" title="rwanda.church" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/rwanda-church.jpg" alt="rwanda.church" width="415" height="275" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">source: Corbis<br />
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<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4383" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/quand-la-mort-sest-abattue-sur-le-rwanda/rwanda-noyes/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4383" title="Rwanda noyés" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/rwanda-noyes.jpg" alt="Rwanda noyés" width="389" height="375" /></a><br />
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<p><span style="color:#008000;">Pour l&#8217;historique du génocide du Rwanda, je reprendrai en partie ici ce que je publiais dans le premier billet de <em>citizen zoo</em>, le 22 février dernier (voir <a href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/genocide-au-rwanda-un-survivant/">&#8221;Génocide au Rwanda: un survivant&#8221;</a>):</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="color:#daa520;"><strong>L</strong>e génocide du Rwanda débuta le 6 avril 1994</span> et se termina le 4 juillet suivant. Il fut commis dans le cadre d’une guerre civile opposant le gouvernement rwandais, qui s’était auto-proclamé Hutu Power, et le Front patriotique rwandais (FPR), accusé par les autorités d’être essentiellement Tutsi. </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="color:#daa520;"><strong>L</strong>‘ONU estime que quelques 800 000 Rwandais,</span> en majorité Tutsi, ont trouvé la mort durant ces trois mois. Ceux qui parmi les Hutu qui se sont montrés solidaires des Tutsi ont été tués comme traîtres à la cause Hutu. D’une durée de cent jours, ce fut le génocide le plus rapide de l’Histoire et celui ayant la plus grande ampleur en termes de nombre de morts par jour.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#993300;">source: Wikipedia<br />
(article complet <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9nocide_au_Rwanda">ici</a></em></strong> </span>en français et <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide">ici</a></em> </strong></span>en anglais)</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#993300;"><span style="color:#993300;">lecture recommandée:</span> <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%27ai_serr%C3%A9_la_main_du_diable_%28livre%29">”J’ai serré la main du diable: la faillite de l’humanité au Rwanda” par le Lieutenant-Général Roméo Dallaire</a><br />
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<p><span style="color:#993300;">site du Lieutenant-Général Dallaire (en anglais):</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.romeodallaire.com/">ici</a></em></strong></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tchernobyl: déjà 23 ans de douleur]]></title>
<link>http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tchernobyl-deja-23-ans-de-douleur/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>citizenzoo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tchernobyl-deja-23-ans-de-douleur/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[dessin: Dima Shevel, 9 ans (Kiev, Ukraine) photo: (inconnu) photo: Robert Knoth Natasha et Vadim. ph]]></description>
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<span style="color:#993300;">dessin: Dima Shevel, 9 ans (Kiev, Ukraine)<br />
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<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4319" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tchernobyl-deja-23-ans-de-douleur/focc_profile_image_3/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4319" title="focc_profile_image_3" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/focc_profile_image_3.jpg" alt="focc_profile_image_3" width="180" height="240" /></a><br />
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<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4320" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tchernobyl-deja-23-ans-de-douleur/attachment/398907/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4320" title="398907" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/398907.jpg" alt="398907" width="430" height="427" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">photo: Robert Knoth</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#daa520;">Natasha et Vadim.</span></p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4321" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tchernobyl-deja-23-ans-de-douleur/500wi/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4321" title="500wi" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/500wi.jpg" alt="500wi" width="439" height="421" /></a><br />
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<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4329" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tchernobyl-deja-23-ans-de-douleur/1chenobylone78-2/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4329" title="1Chenobylone78" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/1chenobylone781.jpg" alt="1Chenobylone78" width="470" height="470" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">photo: Robert Knoth</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#daa520;">Les frères jumeaux Michael et Vladimir,</span> agés de 16 ans. Michael, hydrocéphale, est né cinq minutes plus tôt que Vladimir, qui est sourd. Photographie prise à Minsk (Biélorussie ou Bélarus).</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4322" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tchernobyl-deja-23-ans-de-douleur/s320x240/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4322" title="s320x240" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/s320x240.jpg" alt="s320x240" width="320" height="216" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">source: Corbis</span></p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4323" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tchernobyl-deja-23-ans-de-douleur/nomadphotos-ca-3/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4323" title="nomadphotos.ca" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/menno-meijer-belarus0003.jpg" alt="nomadphotos.ca" width="497" height="329" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">photo: Menno Meijer</span></p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-4330" href="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tchernobyl-deja-23-ans-de-douleur/ukrainian-victims-of-the-001/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4330" title="ukrainian-victims-of-the-001" src="http://citizenzoo.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/ukrainian-victims-of-the-001.jpg" alt="ukrainian-victims-of-the-001" width="460" height="276" /></a><br />
<span style="color:#993300;">photo: Claudia Daut</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#daa520;">Des enfants ukrainiens,</span> victimes de Tchernobyl, se font traiter à Cuba. Plus de 18,000 d&#8217;entre eux y ont été soigné depuis 1990.</p>
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<link>http://pavelware.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/the-african-incident/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matthew Alexander Patton</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pavelware.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/the-african-incident/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;&#8216;Africa&#8217; is the biggest, longest, most powerful brainwashing operation tha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="padding-left:30px;">&#8220;&#8230;<em>&#8216;Africa&#8217;</em> is the biggest, longest, most powerful brainwashing operation that photojournalists have gladly contributed to with open arms.&#8221;</p>
<p>I recently said this on <em>Twitter</em>, and the responses I received to it were &#8211; for lack of a much better description a little shocking to me.</p>
<p>To set the stage, the quote is a para-phrase from the blog of <em><a title="Paul Melcher" href="http://blog.melchersystem.com/" target="_blank">Paul Melcher</a></em>, one which continuously provides cutting insights into the workings of the photo industry. Mainly it deals with the deep pools of shit that are <em>Getty</em> and <em>Corbis</em>, but occasionally he drifts into the real world dynamics of how <em>photography</em> effects both perception and business.</p>
<p>His opening paragraph was yet another real world point that I completely agreed upon with vigour&#8230;</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">&#8220;I do not want to see another photo essay, multimedia or any visual on dying <em>Africans</em>. Never, ever again. Enough. I understand that it makes for compelling images, that it seems that the photographers care, but it presents such a distorted vision of this beautiful continent. Not every country is at war, not every <em>African</em> is an orphan dying of aids or malnutrition. Not everyone lives in a broken down shaft wearing nothing more than rip jeans.&#8221;</p>
<p>Let me preemptively defend the context of his point. It&#8217;s not that photojournalists are reporting on the crisis&#8217;, that isn&#8217;t the problem. It is that it is all they focus on &#8211; as if <em>Africa</em> (an entire continent no less) has no positivity to report on.</p>
<p>It means that the media blankets the public perception of the entire continent, spiraling it towards mockery because there is so much of it that it loses both impact and meaning. It also borders on an incomprehensible form of racism because all that we are being fed &#8211; and I mean, fed &#8211; as a public are these images.</p>
<p>Our everyday perceptions of <em>Africa</em> are being warped.</p>
<p>I can certainly be honest, hold my hand up and say that the television adverts of fly ridden children have zero impact on me &#8211; the reason why being that I&#8217;ve seen them too many fucking times. They used to have an impact, much like the <em>DOE</em> adverts they have over here in <em>Northern Ireland</em> for drink driving. The first time shocks you but as you see it, the emotions dull from their initial polish.</p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t pretend to be an expert on the subject, but it&#8217;s clear to see that the majority of <em>photojournalism</em> these days is suffering from being as bland as its competition &#8211; using the above situation as a prime example. There&#8217;s an overabundance of &#8216;one sided&#8217; reportage in <em>Africa</em> whereby all we see is famine, grief, poverty and depression.</p>
<p>Surely the greatest goal as a <em>photographer</em> in this situation would be to document the brightest lights amongst the blackest night &#8211; to coin a phrase. The power in a photograph is that you believe it &#8211; you can&#8217;t see past the edges of the frame and so the photojournalist has responsibilities to tell the truth.</p>
<p>Are they being met?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Chiude Grazia Neri. Il fotogiornalismo non scatta più]]></title>
<link>http://contentistheking.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/grazia-ner/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Stefano Ciavatta</dc:creator>
<guid>http://contentistheking.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/grazia-ner/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Agenzia storica. Una fine repentina dentro una crisi prevedibile. In digitale una foto vale meno: ni]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Agenzia storica. Una fine repentina dentro una crisi prevedibile. In digitale una foto vale meno: niente credits, archivi online in saldo, immagini gratis dal web dove la stampa non investe. Il mercato non può più legarsi solo all&#8217;editoria. Meglio realtà piccole o contenuti multimediali</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-851" title="grazia_neri_ruy_teixeira" src="http://contentistheking.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/grazia_neri_ruy_teixeira.jpg?w=280" alt="grazia_neri_ruy_teixeira" width="280" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Non è bastata l’autorevolezza della prima della classe. Si pensava che pur nella difficoltà generali dei media, una realtà così solidamente radicata nel mercato del fotogiornalismo e dell&#8217;editoria come Grazia Neri potesse reggere meglio delle piccole realtà che sembravano più esposte. E invece per la celebre agenzia è tempo di chiudere. A nulla sono serviti i classici tagli di ridimensionamento.<br />
Era nata nel 1966 e soltanto un anno dopo, la fotografa milanese ricevette da Hubert Henrotte la proposta di rappresentare in Italia la neonata agenzia Gamma. Un’occasione sfruttata appieno, fino a diventare un punto di riferimento per agenzie e fotografi di tutto il mondo. La liquidazione annunciata dal figlio Michele Neri, da un anno a capo dell’azienda. Dichiarazioni dolenti e impietose: «Sono stato costretto perché le perdite avevano superato il capitale sociale. I giornali hanno tagliato drasticamente la spesa per le fotografie, hanno imposto una riduzione dei prezzi del 25-30%, un numero crescente di immagini utilizzate sono gratuite o scaricate da siti a costi molto bassi. Rispetto al mercato attuale probabilmente la nostra struttura è troppo grande. Per qualche anno abbiamo creduto che le testate online potessero sostituire il fatturato perso con la carta. Ma non è stato così: anche i siti cercano di spendere il meno possibile».</p>
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Nel caso di Grazia Neri la crisi del settore ha spinto una situazione prevedibile verso una repentina caduta, e questo aumenta il dispiacere tra i fotografi dell’agenzia e i colleghi. Per il giovane leccese Andrea Frazzetta è «un brutto segno per tutti, epocale, se ne sono accorti anche i concorrenti. Era l&#8217;agenzia italiana per eccellenza, e Grazia una grandissima talent scout».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Per Alberto Giuliani, classe 1975, da 14 anni con Grazia Neri, di recente scelto da Saviano per raccontare il suo nuovo libro a Massenzio, «la notizia della liquidazione non lascia molto spazio a un possibile prosieguo. In tempo di crisi pubblicitaria, una struttura cresciuta floridamente neglianni 80/90 era un colosso troppo grande e costoso per essere rivolto solo al business dell’editoria. Non si è potuto tagliare altrimenti per via di vincoli sindacali».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Come si sopravvive alla crisi? «Chi ha differenziato il proprio business o piccole strutture come l&#8217;americana Seven, diretta concorrente di Magnum con soli 10 fotografi, e tre dipendenti. E non le decine di Grazia Neri. Sono molte le agenzie in questa situazione». E il web che voce ha in capitolo? «Siamo in una fase di transizione.Tutti lo indicano come il futuro della rinascita ma nessuno ci investe. I gruppi editoriali non danno budget. Così ci si deve reinventare con contenuti multimediali. Non a caso il Washington Post sponsorizza Mediastorm».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Il fotogiornalismo amatoriale dei lettori vi danneggia? «Penalizza il giornalismo in generale. Ma non confondiamolo con la morte di Saddam ripresa da una telecamera o le foto di Abu Ghraib. È l&#8217;approfondimento che manca. Il problema sta a monte, i giornali non hanno un’idea». Quali sono i fronti aperti con i media? «Quella per i credits è una lotta antichissima. Non si capisce il perchè, forse disattenzione rispetto al valore della fotografia. Altrove foto e contenuti sono equiparati. Per le agenzie fotografiche l&#8217;Italia è il terzo mercato al mondo. Ora si crea un buco che verrà colmato in parte dai diretti concorrenti, ma la perdita è anche culturale, emotiva».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Getty e Corbis hanno cambiato il mercato? «Forse glielo hanno lasciato cambiare. Chi come Grazia Neri aveva dalla sua la forza autoriale non ha investito su quello, semmai si è adattata. Sono dei colossi, ma non mi stupirei se domani sparissero, nel senso che non ho chiaro quanto realmente grande sia il loro business. Sicuramente sono influenti sulle immagini di stock e archivio, facendo offerte e abbassando i prezzi. Fino a 5/6 anni fa, 250 euro, oggi con loro la si paga 20. Una volta si diceva che l’archivio è la pensione dei fotografi. Oggi no. Aveva ragione poco tempo fa il direttore della Magnum che in una lettera si rivolgeva ai suoi: “Facciamoci venire un’idea. Se fino ad oggi il Time di turno non ha preso le immagini da Flickr è solo perché non si ha la certezza che quella foto sia stata scattata in quel posto e a quell’ora”. Ma oggi con il sistema Gps sulle foto, queste garanzie ci sono».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Anche chi scattava prima dei tempi del Gps, come Mimmo Chianura, fotografo della Agf, autore del celebre scatto di Benigni che solleva Berlinguer, non si stupisce della chiusura di Grazia Neri: «La crisi dell&#8217;agenzia è una delle conseguenze più evidenti del mercato. Grazia Neri era grande e solida, ma l’editoria resta in crisi e i servizi fotografici non si vendono. Sento voci di colleghi preoccupati perché le difficoltà dell&#8217;agenzia già si fanno sentire sulla propria agenda. I giornali chiudono, i mensili che fecero la gloria del fotoreportage, come Epoca e Life non ci sono più. La foto viene destinata ai siti, e quindi la sua vita vale di meno».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Lavorare in piccolo è una salvezza? «Sono un libero professionista che si appoggia alla Agf. Apparteneva alla moglie di Scalfari, siamo piccoli, 5 fotografi e pochi dipendenti. In riunione ce lo siamo detti: più sei grande oggi più è un azzardo. Noi siamo strangolati dai crediti perché ci pagano a sei mesi. L’uso del digitale ci ha agevolato, possiamo mandare subito una foto ovunque in tutto il mondo, ci permette di scavalcare limiti tecnici che sembravano invalicabili. Ma per contro, la foto vale meno. In un pomeriggio la foto di una conferenza diventa vecchia, una volta poteva durare anche giorni. Il web ha pure comportato un ribasso dei prezzi. Non c&#8217;è più un giusto prezzo».</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">C&#8217;è anche chi ne approfitta gratis: «È diventato facile anche rubarle. Passiamo il tempo a navigare per controllare i furti. E basta un click per far sparire le prove. Una volta mentre eravamo al telefono per segnalare la cosa, hanno tolto al volo la foto incriminata. E poi ci sono i giornali, che sollecitano i lettori a mandare le loro foto amatoriali, e le agenzie spregiudicate. Corbis sembra un supermercato con gli sconti 3&#215;2i. Sono stato a casa di Mandela, Gandhi e Khomeini, oggi già mi stuferei. Ma per noi fotografi di cronaca politica la verità è “aridatece er puzzone: tutti ci siamo lamentati della fine dei partiti, ma al tempo dell&#8217;elezione di De Mita, tornai con 83 rullini, c&#8217;erano 500 delegati da fotografare. Oggi ai congressi c&#8217;è solo il leader e basta».</p>
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<link>http://nbcolfla.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/storied-the-stories-behind-the-photographs/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vickihalliday</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nbcolfla.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/storied-the-stories-behind-the-photographs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interviews with the photographers of iconic images and people give the background stories and insigh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-762" title="Picture 1" src="http://nbcolfla.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/picture-1.png" alt="Picture 1" width="404" height="97" /><a href="http://pro.corbisimages.com:5050/Creative/storied/default.aspx?cid=#/home" target="_blank">Interviews with the photographers</a> of iconic images and people give the background stories and insights into their images, from Corbis.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Remarkable pictures...]]></title>
<link>http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/remarkable-pictures/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>benskiben</dc:creator>
<guid>http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/remarkable-pictures/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230; with the remarkable stories of the photographers. On the website of photo stock agency Corbi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;">&#8230; with the remarkable stories of the photographers. On the website of photo stock agency <a href="http://pro.corbisimages.com:5050/Creative/storied/default.aspx?lcd=en-US#/home" target="_blank"><strong>Corbis</strong></a> you can hear, read and see the  stories behind the pictures. Not only the stories are interesting, the interface it&#8217;s presented in is very elegant.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/corbis1.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1381" title="Corbis1" src="http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/corbis1.png" alt="Corbis1" width="500" height="379" /></a><a href="http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/corbis2.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382" title="Corbis2" src="http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/corbis2.png" alt="Corbis2" width="500" height="379" /></a><a href="http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/corbis.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1384" title="Corbis" src="http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/corbis.png" alt="Corbis" width="500" height="379" /></a><a href="http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/corbis3.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1383" title="Corbis3" src="http://inspirationspam.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/corbis3.png" alt="Corbis3" width="500" height="379" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Go to the <a href="http://pro.corbisimages.com:5050/Creative/storied/default.aspx?lcd=en-US#/home" target="_blank"><strong>website</strong></a> to experience it.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Stock Photography]]></title>
<link>http://evelynmangiru.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/stock-photography/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Evelyn Mangiru</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Câteva din site-urile de stock photography pe care le vizitez mai des: Shutterstock (Nr. 1 din punct]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Câteva din site-urile de stock photography pe care le vizitez mai des:</p>
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<li><strong><a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/" target="_blank">Shutterstock</a></strong> (Nr. 1 din punct de vedere al calităţii imagjnilor, dar probabil şi al cantităţii de piper din preţurile lor. Ca să devii colaborator al lor trebuie să treci prin furcile caudine, comparativ cu Dreamstime, dar plănuiesc să pun curând câteva imagini vectoriale pe rafturile lor. Well, de îndată ce voi reuşi să găsesc pe cineva care are scanner şi este dispus să-mi scaneze paşaportul. Al meu e prea vechi şi nu mai e compatibil cu XP. Nici cu OSX.  Scannerul, nu paşaportul, of course. Una din condiţiile începerii unei colaborări cu cei de la Shutterstock este să le trimiţi copia paşaportului ca să se asigure că dacă încerci să-i driblezi vor şti de unde să te ia. A, şi încă ceva despre SS, de data aceasta pentru amatorii de gratuităţi: Dacă vă creaţi un cont pe acest site, puteţi descărca săptămânal o imagine gratuită de foarte bună calitate.)</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.dreamstime.com/" target="_blank">Dreamstime</a></strong> (Filtre mai îngăduitoare în ceea ce priveşte calitatea imaginilor şi aderarea la comunitatea lor de colaboratori, în consecinţă pe rafturile lor mai vezi  şi produse nu tocmai strălucite, dar dacă eşti cumpărător din România, preţurile pe care le practică te conving să îi iubeşti mai mult decât pe cei de la Shutterstock. Dacă eşti pasionat de fotografie şi petreci destul de mult timp cu aparatul în mână sau dacă ai veleităţi vectoriale, te încurajez să probezi colaborarea cu ei. Am făcut acest lucru de curând şi sunt  mulţumită de serviciile lor. <strong><a href="http://www.dreamstime.com/Evelynmangiru_portfolio_pg1" target="_blank">Vezi aici.</a></strong> Cât despre gratuităţi, şi pe Dreamstime puteţi găsi aşa ceva, cu condiţia de a avea cont la ei.)</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php" target="_blank">iStockphoto</a></strong> (Deocamdată  nu am verificat condiţiile lor pentru începerea unei colaborări; probabil voi face lucrul acesta după ce rezolv cu Shutterstock. Poţi descărca şi de pe acest site o imagine gratuită în fiecare săptămână.)</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.absolutvision.com/AbsolutVisionV2/gallery/free_image.php" target="_blank">AbsolutVision</a></strong> (O imagine gratuită zilnic.)</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.fotolia.com/" target="_blank">Fotolia</a></strong> (15 imagini gratuite zilnic, de slabă calitate&#8230;)</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://pro.corbis.com/" target="_blank">Corbis</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://superstock.com/" target="_blank">SuperStock</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.123rf.com/" target="_blank">123rf</a><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Back To BIZ FREE CALL, It's All About Sales]]></title>
<link>http://photosecrets.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/back-to-biz-free-call-its-all-about-sales/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>photosecrets</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Announcing my next  Free Call. For those who have been following the blog, I am facilitating a month]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-938" title="iStock_000005406516XSmall" src="http://photosecrets.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/istock_000005406516xsmall.jpg" alt="iStock_000005406516XSmall" width="170" height="254" />Announcing my next  <span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Free Call</strong></span></span>.</p>
<p>For those who have been following the blog, I am facilitating a <span style="color:#0000ff;">monthly FREE call that is open for anyone to join</span>.</p>
<p>When: September 15, 2009 at 5PM PST and 8PM EST</p>
<p>As we are getting close to the end of the summer I thought we all could use a little dusting off. <strong>It&#8217;s back to business</strong>. So why not start with your favorite activity (just kidding) &#8211; which is cold calls, getting people on the phone, negotiating, schmoozing, asking for the job and much, much more.</p>
<p>Are you struggling and can&#8217;t quite motivate yourself to pick up that phone? Do you make the calls and do you set yourself a quota of daily or weekly cold calls to potential or follow up calls to existing clients? Do you feel awkward when you finally get someone on the phone and don&#8217;t quite know what to say? Do you think you sound like an alien and not as genuine as you really are? Is it challenging for you to negotiate and ask for the job (the close)?</p>
<p>Whom better can I find than Peter Adams to give us a lending hand with these challenges. He was one of my favorite sales people at Corbis and he has answers for all of the above. I&#8217;ve been fortunate enough and worked with Peter. He and I did a killer presentation over at his account Microsoft. When I saw the kind of relationship he had built with his clients and how much they trusted his judgment I realized just how good this man is at what he does. There is someone even I want to learn from.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s some background on Peter:</p>
<p>Peter Adams was reigning top sales person at Corbis for 3 years in a row where he worked for nine years. Out of 21 worldwide offices and being located in Seattle  that is a very respectable achievement. He was the exclusive sales liasion to the entire Microsoft account as per personal request of Bill Gates.</p>
<p>Today he is the sales director of Zooppa, which he&#8217;ll tell us a little bit about. Zooppa&#8217;s tagline is &#8220;Advertising gone Social.&#8221; Interesting trivia: The former Sr. VP of Sales from Corbis Wil Merritt is the CEO from Zooppa and Peter&#8217;s boss (again).</p>
<p>So please join us for the most fun sales training call that you probably will ever listen to. I will interview Peter for 30 minutes and afterward we open the call for your specific questions.</p>
<p>What is covered: Peter will reveal some of his secrets that make him so successful at sales. For the sales call chicken amongst you I am letting you in on one of my secrets. Sales is much easier than you think and you can acquire the skills it takes relatively easy. To be a good sales person you have to have a few attributes that we will be covering in the call.</p>
<p>So, dust yourself off, make a commitment to making those cold calls and start by signing up right here: <a href="http://photosecrets.biz/">http://Photosecrets.biz</a></p>
<p>As a reminder: All calls are recorded and all registered participants will receive a link to the call the following day. That way our International subscribers can take advantage of this Free Call and you can listen to it over and over again until you will be a furious sales pro yourself.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the sign-up: <a href="http://Photosecrets.biz" target="_blank">Http://Photosecrets.biz</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[8.21.09 - Actors on Bikes]]></title>
<link>http://bikewires.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/8-21-09-actors-on-bikes/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[07 Mar 2007, Sydney, Australia --- Mr Bean, played by British actor Rowan Atkinson, arrives by bicyc]]></description>
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<link>http://telemultimidia.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/sera-o-fim-do-fotojornalismo/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Clara Torres</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Cena capturada pelo fotógrafo da agência Gamma, Laurent Van Der Stockt - Chechênia – país devastado ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/claratorres/09photo-600.jpg"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/claratorres/09photo-600.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="320" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cena capturada pelo fotógrafo da agência Gamma, Laurent Van Der Stockt - Chechênia – país devastado pela guerra em 1996. </p></div>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>“Quando fotojornalistas e seus admiradores se reunirem no sul da França no fim de agosto para o “</strong><strong><a href="http://www.visapourlimage.com/index.do">Visa pour l’Image</a>”, a celebração anual do seus trabalhos, muitos praticantes podem bem estar imaginando quanto tempo mais vão sobreviver”.</strong> DAVID JOLLY, de Paris, para o The New York Times.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">A reportagem do correspodente (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/media/10photo.html?pagewanted=1&#38;ref=media">Lament for a Dying Field: Photojournalism</a>) relata o atual panorama crítico da profissão.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Jornais e revistas cortando drasticamente ou até mesmo acabando com o orçamento destinado para a fotografia. Emissoras de Televisão cortando coberturas de notícias in loco. Fotos e vídeos capturados por amadores em celulares postadas em Websites minutos após os eventos acontecerem. Fotógrafos que ganham a vida retratando notícias chamam isto de crise.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Na Europa um dos últimos sinais dessa agonia é a derrocada da companhia proprietária da agência de fotos<a href="http://www.gamma.fr/"> Gamma</a>. Até a metade deste ano as vendas caíram um terço. Prejuízo de mais de 3 milhões de euros.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">A Gamma foi fundada em 1966 pelos fotógrafos Raymond Depardon e Gilles Caron. Junto com Sygma, Sipa e Magnum ajudou a transformar Paris na capital mundial do Fotojornalismo &#8211; atraindo alguns dos melhores fotógrafos que a área já produziu. A companhia emprega 56 pessoas em sua sede, 14 deles fotógrafos. Mas já foi anunciando que para se manter no mercado haverá inevitavelmente corte de pessoal.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">“O problema é que a área de fotografia noticiosa está acabada. A Gamma quer se voltar para as revistas. Vamos parar de cobrir eventos diários e enfocar edições de coberturas mais profundas”, declarou uma porta-voz da empresa ao repórter do The New York Times.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">A história da Gamma mostra como o mercado mudou. O fotojornalismo, cujo início é atribuído à cobertura da Guerra Civil Americana com o fotógrafo Mathew Brady, experimentou uma Era Dourada na II Guerra Mundial, que se estendeu até os anos 70. Revistas como <a href="http://www.time.com/time/">Time</a>, <a href="http://www.life.com/">Life</a> e <a href="http://www.parismatch.com/">Paris Match</a> — e virtualmente todos os principais jornais do mundo — tinham orçamento para pôr legiões de fotojornalistas in loco, competindo pelas melhores fotografias.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Hoje, a partir do ponto de vista do comprador da foto noticiosa – de jornal ou revista – em tempos de redução da renda com propaganda e demissões, é inviável bancar a diária de um fotógrafo e mais as despesas.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Caminho bem mais econômico é ilustrar a história comprando fotos dos distribuidores pagando uma assinatura mensal fixa.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Hoje quem comanda o mercado da fotografia noticiosa é o trio — <a href="http://www.ap.org/">Associated Press</a>, <a href="http://www.afp.com/afpcom/pt">Agence France-Presse</a> e <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters.</a> No Oriente as fortes são a Kyodo no Japão e Xinhua na China.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Mas o mercado de distribuição e venda de fotos digitalizadas é liderado por duas companhias globais: a <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/">Getty Images</a>, fundada em 1995, e a <a href="http://pro.corbis.com/">Corbis</a>, fundada em 1989 pela Microsoft. As companhias de armazenamento de fotos se ergueram comprando centenas de imagens de arquivo e as disponibilizando para venda online. Enquanto continuarem a patrocinar o fotojornalismo — a Getty Images emprega 130 fotógrafos ao redor do mundo — as empresas servem de certa forma para gerenciar os direitos de propriedade digital.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Se Eyedea Presse – que detêm as agências Gamma, Rapho e Keystone – for liquidada &#8211; seus arquivos de aproximadamente 33 milhões imagens vão se tornar uma valiosa adição para qualquer um destes grandes jogadores.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Jean-François Leroy, organizador do festival de fotojornalismo Visa pour l’Image, que acontece em Perpignan por duas semans começando em 20 de agosto, põe a culpa no desinteresse da mídia por assuntos mais sérios.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">“Os fotógrafos estão produzindo ótimo material, mas a mídia só parece estar interessada em celebridades. Quando  Michael Jackson morreu, não foi uma parte da notícia, foi a notícia. Quantos dos fotógrafos em seu funeral nós realmente precisávamos?”, questiona.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Cenário que desperta diversidade de opnião quando a discussão é a continuidade da profissão.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Há 10 anos, Dirck Halstead, que trabalhou 29 anos como fotógrafo da Casa Branca para a revista Time, escreveu no <a href="http://www.digitaljournalist.org/">Digital Journalist</a>: “Quando falo sobre o fotojornalismo estar morto, estou falando apenas sobre o conceito de capturar uma única imagem em um filme de nitrato plano para publicação na mídia de massa. A narrativa visual existe desde a Idade da Pedra. Será apenas aprimorada pelas mudanças que estão tomando espaço”.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Revisitando a coluna no mês passado, Halstead escreveu que as condições hoje estão piores do que ele previu. Para ser fotojornalista hoje, “você precisa ser louco”.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Para John G. Morris &#8211; aposentado editor de foto cujo currículo inclui anos no The New York Times, revista Life e no The Washington Post &#8211; “Esta não é uma nova tendência; é a continuação de uma velha”. “Tenho 92 anos e sobrevivi a muitas crises no fotojornalismo. Acho a atual situação depressiva, mas sou louco o suficiente para estar esperançoso. Nunca houve tantas imagens lá fora como hoje e nós precisamos de mais pessoas para ajudar a ordenar toda essa informação”.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">(Dados e depoimentos – tradução livre: Lament for a Dying Field: Photojournalism)<br />
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<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>E você, é pessimista ou otimista em relação ao futuro do fotojornalismo? Ainda há viabilidade para publicar histórias contadas em forma de fotografia?</strong></span></p>
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