maandag, april 04, 2005
Wijze lessen van Stoddart en Vitale
For serial award winner Tom Stoddart, photojournalism isn’t just about technical talent: “Shoot a story for longer. If you can stay, you get a more successful set of pictures. It’s time, and time’s expensive when you’re staying anywhere in the world.” Award-winning photojournalist Ami Vitale agrees: “It’s time and money. Most publications and organizations cannot afford to have a photojournalist working on one project for a long period so they parachute in people to cover a story or use a local photographer.”
“To cover events you have to raise the money, personally or though an agent,” adds Stoddart. “It means freedom. I spend most of my time raising money and chasing invoices rather than taking pictures.”
The best photojournalism requires finance. “To get beneath the surface of a story takes longer than a few weeks without daily pressures,” says Vitale. “Money gives you the intellectual freedom to pursue stories without pressure to cover daily events.”
Stoddart agrees: “To be financially free would allow me to concentrate on shooting great pictures, telling good stories. Just as I get into a place, I have to come back because of financial constraints. It comes down to pictures, just as it did during the Vietnam War when the picture of the little girl running down the road galvanized American opinion. Photojournalism has never been more important.”
Bron: Edit by Getty Images.
“To cover events you have to raise the money, personally or though an agent,” adds Stoddart. “It means freedom. I spend most of my time raising money and chasing invoices rather than taking pictures.”
The best photojournalism requires finance. “To get beneath the surface of a story takes longer than a few weeks without daily pressures,” says Vitale. “Money gives you the intellectual freedom to pursue stories without pressure to cover daily events.”
Stoddart agrees: “To be financially free would allow me to concentrate on shooting great pictures, telling good stories. Just as I get into a place, I have to come back because of financial constraints. It comes down to pictures, just as it did during the Vietnam War when the picture of the little girl running down the road galvanized American opinion. Photojournalism has never been more important.”
Bron: Edit by Getty Images.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 22:20
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