Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/01
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> Hi,
>
> 'Freelance journalist' is a fairly safe thing to say. The next
> question is
> often, 'who are you working for?', in which case you can just say 'one of
> the agencies'. If you have to get specific, just make one up
> ('Jeroboam') or
> tell them you work for Magnum; they won't have heard of it. If they have
> they'll ask for your autograph, or ask you to take their picture.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob
>
This thread raises some fairly interesting ethical questions - i.e., any
journalist working for a publication of any repute is told to never
misrepresent him or herself - if someone asks if you are a reporter, you
acknowledge that you are - and if they ask the name of your publication, you
provide it. Why shouldn't the same rule apply the other way - if some one
asks who you're taking photos for, you say you're taking them for yourself.
An SP shouldn't pose as a journalist any more than a journalist should pose
as an SP, or a demonstrator, or a tourist, etc.
B. D.
>