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Why would no one buy these amazing photographs? Either OP is bad at finding a buyer or photography is one tough job.
Why would no one buy these amazing photographs? Either OP is bad at finding a buyer or photography is one tough job.
At least it looks like this ploy by the photographer has worked - search his name and loads of online media have published something similar to this link. The idea that people don't care and the media won't pay has made it a story. Good on him for outside the box thinking.
They're decent pictures, but not "GREAT" pictures. Even in warzones photojournalism is a highly competitive field. Editors at Reuters, AP and other news agencies get tons of sets offered every day. Whining about it in an extremely passive aggressive blog post really isn't going to help his career along.
I suppose you mostly tried US papers? I see a better audience for this in Europe
Good shots Kainoa, I really wish I could read the story that goes with them. I can see it being hard as a news photographer of any sort these days, as papers are going through a very hard transition that may see them completely vanish at the other side of it. Have you considered finding some writers on Medium? Their new concept is to be the platform without the paper, readers select writers more organically and write…
Why would no one buy these amazing photographs? Either OP is bad at finding a buyer or photography is one tough job.
Journalistic photography is slowly moving away from being a profession towards an expensive hobby where you may sell some pictures sometimes, but not enough to earn a living or even cover the hardware.
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There are things that are not supposed to be shown on the traditional media, dead soldiers being the first one that comes to mind. Maybe these pictures go against the prevailing vision the media wants to disseminate.
Tell that to the BBC, ITV, and Sky News here in the UK. They show dead bodies all the time. I find it distasteful. I get it - people died, you don't have to show me their bodies to get your point across.
For many people seeing photos sends across very different emotions than reading words.
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What else should we talk about in this thread? About how sad it is that nobody wanted to buy her photos, or about how great it is that she's giving them away?
To be honest, sounds like a plan, because I'd like to know the former and I agree with the latter.
Still, it's great that the author decided to share them for free. They have great value even without being top quality - it's just that many publications want to keep the photos quality top notch.