The principles and a set of proposed practices reflect a growing frustration with the administration of President Barack Obama and a sense by those who cover the White House daily that they are increasingly kept in the dark.
Flying an aerial drone over a raging fire can be quite problematic, so much so that it can endanger the rescue and recovery abilities of fire officials.
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/07/03/camera-drones-are-getting-in-the-way-of-firefighters-battling-wildfires/
Making the Case for Storytelling Across Diverse Platforms
There’s a revolution brewing in the world of concert photography. After photographer Jason Sheldon penned a viral open letter to speak out against Taylor
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/07/03/newspaper-rejects-foo-fighters-photo-contract-will-buy-fan-photos-instead/
The Washington City Paper says it won’t be sending a photographer to this weekend’s Foo Fighter concert due to the fact that the band’s contract “sucks.” Instead, the paper hopes to buy photos directly from fans who attend the show.
At least one major newspaper is taking a stand against Taylor Swift’s concert photography contract, which has generated quite a bit of discussion in
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/30/major-irish-newspaper-boycotts-taylor-swift-concert-photos-over-restrictive-contract/
Swift played in the first of two sold-out shows in Dublin last night, but The Irish Times decided not to include any photography in its coverage of the concert. In an article titled “Why there’s no photo of Taylor Swift’s gig in today’s ‘Irish Times’,” the newspaper explains that they had issues with “a number of onerous restrictions” in Swift’s photo authorization contract.
Photo journalists thrashed Greater Kashmir | Several photojournalists were thrashed by some persons while covering protest at Nowhatta area here on Friday.
via Greater Kashmir: http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/srinagar-city/story/190404.html
As photojournalists were discharging their duty, some of these men showed up at Nowhatta square and started beating Kashmir Life’s Photo Chief, Bilal Bahadur, besides his other colleagues.
What’s great about these images the National Archives were compelled to turn over is just how politically incorrect they are.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2015/06/bush-cheney-two-rambos/
beyond the images White House editors decide in real time to released to the press, the public and their own social platforms these days, each presidential administration is required to submit their body of photos to the archive.
On 9 July 2015, the European Parliament will vote on whether to abolish our right to freely take and share photographs, videos and drawings…
via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/freedom-of-panorama-is-under-attack-6cc5353b4f65
On 9 July 2015, the European Parliament will vote on whether to abolish our right to freely take and share photographs, videos and drawings of buildings and works of public art.
The parents of five captives in Syria felt that the U.S. government had abandoned them. But they wouldn’t give up.
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/06/five-hostages
Families whose children were held captive in Syria felt that U.S. officials had abandoned them. So they secretly joined forces.
Yesterday, photographer Jason Sheldon published an open letter to Taylor Swift, accusing the singer of being a hypocrite by accusing Apple of treating
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/23/taylor-swift-photo-contract-break-our-rules-and-we-can-break-your-gear/
It turns out Sheldon’s contract was a bit outdated: the latest version goes a step further by stating that photographers who violate the contract can have their gear destroyed on the spot.
Karl Baden should have known better. I mean, what was he thinking, casually snapping a few pictures as dramatic sunlight broke through the clouds after
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/22/great-war-photographers-dispatch-trenches/
Karl Baden should have known better.
I mean, what was he thinking, casually snapping a few pictures as dramatic sunlight broke through the clouds after one of last week’s late spring rainstorms? From the front seat of his car in a suburban Boston Trader Joe’s parking lot, of all places? What is he, nuts?
Ahmed Mansour is one of many figures whose arrest and extradition Cairo has demanded. His lawyers said the charges were politically motivated.
The journalist, Ahmed Mansour, 52, is one of a long list of figures whose arrest and extradition the Egyptian government has demanded
The “Freedom of Panorama” is the right to take pictures in public spaces, even if you incidentally capture copyrighted works, from building facades to public sculptures to images on t-s…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/06/21/eu-set-to-kill-street-photogra.html
The “Freedom of Panorama” is the right to take pictures in public spaces, even if you incidentally capture copyrighted works, from building facades to public sculptures to images on t-shirts and ads — and on July 9, the EU will vote whether to abolish it.
Should photographers be able to include copyrighted public building and sculptures in photos without having to worry about payment or permissions? The
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/20/alert-freedom-of-panorama-under-threat-in-europe/
Should photographers be able to include copyrighted public building and sculptures in photos without having to worry about payment or permissions? The concept is called “freedom of panorama,” and it’s currently under attack over in Europe.
If you’ve been struggling to make sense of the stories about Stingrays (super-secretive cellular surveillance tech used by cops and governments) (previously) this week’s Note to Self po…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/06/20/the-snitch-in-your-pocket-mak.html
The Note to Self team collaborated with Jad Abumrad from Radiolab to discuss the implications of the state using secret tools to ascertain the location, movements and associations of entire populations without warrants or oversight
One of the fixtures of NBA games is the row of photographers and cameraman sitting under the hoop near the baseline — something the players have
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/12/lebron-james-hits-head-on-baseline-camera-lens/
Present and former NBA players immediately began calling again for photographers and broadcast cameras to be moved away further from the court for the safety of the players
The WikiLeaks bounty for a TPP leak challenges us to rethink media ethics.
Setting a bounty on the treaty text turns journalistic mores on their head. In traditional newsrooms, the idea of offering a cash incentive for the leaking of confidential documents is anathema. But WikiLeaks, like other media disrupters, leaves us no choice but to reconsider this prohibition. If journalism organizations refuse to do so, they relegate themselves either to secondhand reporting on documents obtained by those outside journalism or to being left behind.
The Dallas Police Department has officially released a new general order that’s meant to inform officers on photographers’ rights. The document, titled
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/25/new-dallas-police-photo-rights-policy-way-too-vague-photographers-say/
“I’m extremely disappointed in the general order that they actually released, which is one page and, unfortunately, I think will not provide officers with the direction that they need nor explain to them why both citizens and journalists have the right to photograph,” he says. “You can’t discipline an officer without a policy. Based on this policy I don’t see where, no matter what an officer does, that there would be any discipline at all that would stick.”
Imagine assembling a portfolio of over 4,000 photographs and then being forced to make it disappear or face life-altering consequences; that’s the
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/21/high-school-forces-student-to-remove-online-photos-under-threat-of-suspension/
the Lewisville Independent School District is now claiming that Anthony’s photographs are theirs and that he has no right to use them
In the wake of recent violations of news photographers’ rights by Atlanta police, a US federal court judge has held the City of Atlanta in contempt of a 2012 court order to reduce interference with citizens documenting police activity. US District court j
US District court judge Steve Jones handed down the civil contempt ruling against the city yesterday, and imposed sanctions intended to force compliance with the 2012 order and “address future monitoring of [Atlanta’s] compliance with the order.”
There have been a number of controversial bills and laws lately, some of which have been pulled or vetoed after protests from photographers and the
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/13/photographers-wary-of-new-wyoming-law-against-data-collecting-in-open-land/
University of Denver law professor Justin Pidot writes that the law was pushed forward by the powerful ranching community in Wyoming, which wants to hush up the fact that many streams in the state are contaminated by E. coli from grazing cows