Solomonia: “A Profession in Crisis and Denial”
Charles Johnson
Sun Oct 22, 2006 at 6:21 pm PDT • Views: 216
Solomonia has a report on the Lightstalkers forum for professional photographers, where the comment thread about Tyler Hicks’ “Pieta” photo reveals a “profession in crisis and denial.”
Here’s a previous LGF post about Lightstalkers during the Reuters Fauxtography scandal, when one of the photographers revealed that he had personally witnessed the unearthing of bodies for propaganda pictures during the Hizballah war. At the time I wrote:
By the way, I recommend reading the entire linked thread to see the prevalent attitudes of the photojournalists posting there. It’s not very different from a Daily Kos thread.
Frank says: