At our last branch meeting we heard from an expert panel about the future of taking photographs on the street. Lawyers Chez Cotton and Anna Mazzola from Bindmans and Hickman & Rose respectively, talked about their experiences dealing with actions against the police. Photographers Andrew Testa and Grant Smith showed some of their work and how they had been hindered by police and security guards when working. Finally NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear talked about the unions history and activity defending photographer’s rights.
Posts Tagged ‘Podcast’
Panel discussion on the Future of Street Photography
2nd November, 2010
Andrew Testa, Anna Mazzola, Audio, Chez Cotton, Grant Smith, Jeremy Dear, Lawyers, Photographers Rights, Podcast, Street Photography, Terror Laws
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Reporting from the Deepwater Disaster
5th October, 2010Last week video journalist and branch committee member Jason Parkinson spoke to the branch about his trip to the Gulf of Mexico to document the environmental disaster following the leak from the Deepwater Horizon oil well. He showed a draft version of the film he has been putting together and also some of the manipulated images that BP published showing their operations after the leak.
Jason also talked about how he had already sold video clips from the story and how he was making a longer film to pitch to media organisations.
Audio, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Jason Parkinson, Podcast, Press Freedom, Video
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Convergence – Should we adapt & How?
20th July, 2010At last months branch meeting we heard from film editor Simon Ruben and photographer Edmond Terakopian who talked about how photographers could adapt their workflows to include video and audio. As well as some of the pitfalls that photographers moving to video can fall into.
Audio, Convergence, Photography, Podcast, Video
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On the Campaign Trail with Graeme Robertson & Stephen Simpson
14th June, 2010Last months branch meeting featured a panel discussion with Guardian staff photographer Graeme Robertson and freelance photographer Stephen Simpson talking about how they covered the election.
They talked about how the parties handled the media at different stages throughout the campaign and how they were sometimes manipulated to only photograph the stage managed appearances of the politicians.
Part of the discussion was also about the pool system for political events and how it’s lack of transparency made it open to abuse. You can listen to the full audio of the discussion below:
Audio, Coverage, Freelance, GE2010, General Election, Podcast, Staff, The Guardian
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The Future of Copyright
28th April, 2010At last nights branch meeting there was a panel discussion on the Future of Copyright. Branch Membership Secretary Guy Smallman spoke about his experience using union lawyers to recover money from copyright infringers. Freelance organiser John Toner spoke about other members the union had helped reclaim money from copyright infringers. He also spoke about the setting up of a new small claims court for copyright infringement that the union has lobbied for. Andrew Wiard discussed the future of copyright law and what changes the union should lobby a new government for. You can listen to the full audio from the discussion here.
Andrew Wiard, Audio, Branch Meeting, Copyright, Guy Smallman, John Toner, Podcast
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Photographers, Lawyers & Campaigners Rally for Change
14th April, 2010
Hostile Reconnaissance rally on Civil Liberties, Terror Laws & Press Freedom in Friends Meeting House. Image © Rude Cech 2010
Last night saw the fantastic Hostile Reconnaissance rally take place as 200 people filled the Large Meeting House of Friends Meeting House in Euston.
The rally heard from across the spectrum of journalists and photographers with accounts of journalists being harassed by police whilst working, being forced to erase images under the threat of arrest, detention on trumped up charges of ‘a breach of the peace’ and forced removal from covering protests using public order legislation.
The panel, chaired by London Photographers’ Branch chair Jess Hurd, included lawyer Chez Cotton, photojournalist and PHNAT organiser Marc Vallee, civil liberties columnist Henry Porter, photographer Pennie Quinton, NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear and law academic Keith Ewing.
Audio, Civil Liberties, Hostile Reconnaissance, Jeremy Dear, NUJ, Podcast, Press Freedom, Terror Laws
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Stuart Freedman on Ethics & Photojournalism
31st March, 2010
Stuart Freedman talks to the NUJ London Photographers Branch. Image © Jonathan Warren/jwarren.co.uk 2010
At last nights branch meeting photographer Stuart Freedman gave an excellent talk on ethics & photojournalism. You can read the text that formed the basis for the talk below and the audio from the discussion after the talk is available as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Audio, Discussion, Ethics, Photojournalism, Podcast, Stuart Freedman
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Audio: Panel Discussion on The Future for Photography
24th February, 2010You can listen to last nights panel discussion on The Future for Photography below. The panel began by giving a brief summary of where they thought the future of each sector – Staff, Freelance & Agency – lay, before the discussion was opened to the floor.
Whilst some were quite bleak about the future of press photography others said there was still a market for quality in editorial photography. The idea was raised that in order to continue making a living from press photography, photographers would have to charge a proper rate for online usage and that this might only happen when newspapers started charging users for content online.
Guardian staff photographer Martin Argles talked about the strong union activity in the Guardian chapel that had preserved good terms for the staff and freelance photographers. Report Digital owner John Harris said that his agency continued to hold NUJ rates for editorial photography, even online. And freelancer Kelvin Bruce said that while it was becoming harder to sell non-exclusive images, he was still able to make a living by covering niche subjects.
A contribution from the floor raised the idea of ‘Sub-Prime photographers’ whose consistent under-cutting picture rates meant they would never be successful longterm and that there should be collective action to combat bad rates. Another contribution from the floor said that the only way to earn a living was to make yourself indispensable, by finding a niche and charging the proper rate for your work.
Agency, Audio, Business, Freelance, John Harris, Kelvin Bruce, LPB, Martin Argles, Photography, Podcast, Staff
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