Damaso
Photojournalist
I have a right because someone pays me and they don't pay a hobbyist. In a capitalist society that is how value is determined. I don't like it much but there you have it. Also I have taken the time to learn my craft and maintain professional standards and am part of professional organizations. You may not like it but fact is my press card gives me the right to cross police and fire lines and gets me into places you might not be able to.
Hobbyists don't shoot in Rwanda, they don't report on wars and as for your caviler statement I think a whole lot of people think of Chris Hondros, recently killed in Libya, is a hero.
At the end of the day my work speaks for itself and is all the right I need...
Hobbyists don't shoot in Rwanda, they don't report on wars and as for your caviler statement I think a whole lot of people think of Chris Hondros, recently killed in Libya, is a hero.
At the end of the day my work speaks for itself and is all the right I need...
I think you're backtracking on your initial cavalier statement a bit... But even then when you say you have 'priority' to cover the news, that priority comes based on what criterion?
You're not shooting for free, you're paid by a privet organization that gets paid by advertisement and other stuff to sell those images... And how is that the basis that you have a 'priority' while another guy with a camera does not?
Lets get with the time, the days of super hero PJ with a camera who had the "right" to cover "news" is over.