Sunday Times tells freelances not to submit photographs from Syria

Sunday Times tells freelances not to submit photographs from Syria – Press Gazette

A British war photographer has been told not to submit his pictures from the Syria war zone to The Sunday Times because they “do not wish to encourage freelancers to take exceptional risks”. After submitting pictures from Aleppo this week Rick Findler was

via Press Gazette: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/sunday-times-tells-freelances-not-submit-photographs-syria

After submitting pictures from Aleppo this week Rick Findler was told by the foreign desk that “it looks like you have done some exceptional work” but “we have a policy of not taking copy from Syria as we believe the dangers of operating there are too great”.