Under an idiotic new law, photographers in the UK can be stopped and their cameras, memory cards and film seized:
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- PDN’s 30 2010
Recent Comments
- Ed Hamlin on Gone City: Larry Towell needs an ass-kicking:
Funny I just looked at the series over at magnum and you knowimmediately the images that are presented blatently in poor taste. It may be that Larry Towell has that fault that stands out in todays view of expose women, no matter the race. To say that it was artful or good photo journalism is a line of BS.. - Brett Gundlock on Gone City: Larry Towell needs an ass-kicking:
Hah. True, I did enjoy it. I just think that by bringing attention to these uninformed rants, it validates them in a twisted way. I am not saying they should be ignored, but these internet stars are just looking for some attention, attempting to stir the pot. But hey, thats what the internet is for, I guess it is up to me to decide where to click. But yeah, I still like your blog. I used to follow fly on the wall religiously when I was just starting. Haven’t published anymore skinhead photos yet, I will let you know when.... - Trent Nelson on Gone City: Larry Towell needs an ass-kicking:
My linking to an article here is never an endorsement of its position. Readers should form their own opinions. I see the “Larry Towell needs an ass-kicking” post as part of a trend that really picked up during the 2006 Lebanon war and has flared up again with Haiti, where people are voicing critical opinions of photojournalism. Such criticisms should be faced head on, and it’s pretty cowardly that the “hack” does not allow comments on his post so there could be a response to his inflammatory post. As....
I posted this last week, if you want better information about it visit http://www.ThePhotoRebellion.com. Support a photographer trying to do better for other photographers, not some aphotoeditor posing to give a shit about our lively hood.
If people want your “better information”, your link doesn’t work.