On Tuesday 29 November 2011 the London Photographers’ Branch hosted a debate with award winning photographers Simon Norfolk and Territorial Army Sgt Alison Baskerville about propaganda, embedding, censorship, objectivity and art – The Art of War. Simon’s widely recognised work has spanned from UK fascist groups to some of the worst war zones and refugee camps in the world. In the last ten years his work has focused on the meaning of the word “battlefield”. Alison recently switched a 13-year career in the military to become a freelance photographer. Having scooped several awards with her previous work Alison has also recently returned from Afghanistan trip embedded with the riflemen in Helmand.
Based on a talk given to NUJ London Photographers’ Branch by Nigel Dickinson, February 2012
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In the July branch meeting David Hoffman spoke on how the Metropolitan Police were deliberately blurring the distinction between dissent and terrorism using Forward Intelligence Teams (FIT) together with the Territorial Support Group (TSG), to fill state databases with information on activists and journalists they don’t like.
Here is his slideshow and his talk with an edited version of the Q&A debate afterwards.
An LPB panel debate with photographer Neil Turner, ActionAid chief picture editor Laurence Watts and Mike Schwarz from Bindmans Solicitors.
Increasingly we are prevented from photographing children. As professional photographers we face restrictions but also in everyday life taking family photos. This panel debate aims to explore the rights and wrongs of child photography. Has society become too paranoid? What is the law? What are the moral and ethical implications of working with children?
Neil Turner is a photographer who has worked with children for many years on the TES. Laurence Watts is chief picture editor for the charity ActionAid, which has ‘Sponsor a Child’ as a central fundraising campaign. Mike Schwarz is a partner at Bindmans Solicitors.
NUJ GS Elect Michelle Stanistreet speaks at the London Photographers Branch. photo Jules Mattsson/LNP
The NUJ’s new General Secretary, Michelle Stanistreet, answered questions from photographers at last night’s branch meeting.
After showing a film from a recent PHNAT flashmob, topics of discussion included Michelle’s union past, amalgamation proposals, union materials, rates and exploitation and systems & communication within the union (and pies). Hear the audio below. Michelle assumes the role of General Secretary on the 1st of July and takes over from Jeremy Dear.
A Pakistani man holds his baby, both affected by last Saturday's earthquake as they wait to be airlifted to capital Islamabad for further treatment, at an army base in the northern Pakistani town of Muzaffarabad, Friday Oct. 14, 2005. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
The film showed by the DART Center for Journalism & Trauma can be viewed here:
The March Branch Meeting “Discussing Demotix” looked at the rise of the Demotix Photo Agency and its impact on the industry. The speakers were LPB Vice Chair andrew Wiard, Demotix CEO Turi Munthe and NUJ Organiser Jenny Lennox.
The February LNP branch meeting “Tips of the Trade” delivered advice for photojournalists, experience from industry freelancers and insight from those creating and finding new outlets.
Paul Delmar: photojournalist and ex-tutor of the NCTJ Photojournalism and Press Photography course at Sheffield Norton.
Carmen Valino: press photographer working for many local London papers including South London Press and overseas newspapers such as El Pais.
Stephen Simpson: press photographer and head/editor of the new news agency, London News Pictures (LNP).
Sarah Lee: freelance photographer for the Guardian/Observer newspaper.
Censorship, embedding, propaganda, Sgt Alison Baskerville, simon norfolk
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