BBC Friday March 17, 2023
After the BBC published a story in January about how a man was sent dog food by Amazon instead of the iPhone he ordered, dozens of readers got in touch with the news service to relate similar complaints. Many told of high-value products such as cameras and computer gear being swapped for low-value items like cat food or face masks. One person said he spent £1,420 on a Sony a6400 camera and accompanying Tamron lens but received cat food. A man who spent £1,999 on a Panasonic camera and lens got two pairs of shoes. An Amazon spokesman said the company was investigating specific cases.
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David Schonauer Friday March 17, 2023
"I will preface this by saying MOST photo editors are good. Some are even great. I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best. But there's a small minority that I want to discuss now." So
noted photographer Melissa Lyttle recently at her Substack blog, which we spotlighted this week. Lyttle related the story of an editor who asked one of her … Read the full Story >>
Substack Thursday March 16, 2023
“I will preface this by saying MOST photo editors are good. Some are even great. I’ve been lucky enough to work with some of the best. But there’s a small minority that I want to discuss now.” So notes photographer Melissa Lyttle at her Substack blog. Lyttle relates examples, including the story of an editor who asked one of her friends to photograph a 6:00 am assignment some three hours from her home but refused to pay for a hotel room the night before, telling the friend to just leave their house at 3:00 am instead. Fronting for expenses can also be a nightmare for freelancers, she notes.
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Danziger Gallery Thursday March 16, 2023
When Arne Svenson’s photo series “The Neighbors” was first exhibited in New York in 2013, the uproar overwhelmed the pictures, notes The New York Times. Svenson used a telephoto lens to peer at the unaware people living across the street from his TriBeCa building and published the images without their consent. In 2016, a court case charging him with invasion of privacy brought by some of his subjects was decided in Svenson’s favor. Now the work is on view at the James Danziger Gallery in Santa Monica, California.
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