Some photographers "care", some don't
DSC0104, originally uploaded by Fadzly Mubin.
Taken with a Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens
Why haven't photojournalists covering Iraq been more vocal (in the U.S. anyway) about the restrictions and censorship they've had to deal with? Though it is a minefield (so to speak) to question the motives and professionalism of anyone who chooses to cover a war zone, I wonder if confronted with the same limitations on journalistic freedom in the immediate aftermath of Vietnam they wouldn't have been screaming bloody murder.
One wonders if many of them haven't allowed themselves to be marginalized out of the fear of losing what limited access they do have, and therefore destroying their careers. One might argue that this suggests there is a tendency to avoid truly "commiting themselves to record something they thought really valuable."
Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, People, Philosophy of Photography, Photography
