EXIF and Beyond: Ken Light Interview Part I and II
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The 12th and 13th episode of EXIF and Beyond has been released.
These episodes feature an interview with Ken Light, the famous social documentary photographer and professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Whether you’re interested in pure photojournalism, street, portrait, event and even nature or landscape photography this interview is one you’ll not want to miss. Discussed in Part I of the interview is how Ken started in this field, the transformation of social documentary photography, and the impact & life of a photo project. Discussed in Part II is Ken’s perspective on the state of photography and issues facing modern photographers.
Note: Referenced in this podcast is a discussion about Ken Light’s photograph of John Kerry and how it was illegally altered and distributed on the Internet. More information on this can be found at Snopes.com
“Photograph shows Senator John Kerry and Jane Fonda sharing a speaker’s platform at an anti-war rally.”
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EXIF and Beyond: Ken Light Interview Part I and II
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[...] In many regards I feel for both parties involved. In my blunt opinion the Richter Scales pursued this in a dumb fashion and took a gamble by not citing everyones work. The Richter Scales would be plenty pissed if their work was being used with out citation and/or was being used with out permission. In regard to the photographers, including my friend Lane, whose work was used but not cited the images should have been more heavily watermarked or on a site with greater protection (assuming it was taken off of Flickr). As noted in my latest podcast Ken Light makes a great point that the only sure way to protect your photography is to not have it out in the world and that includes the web. We all know that isn’t necessarily the best business decision as the web is a key marketing tool. As pointed out in the example of Ken Light’s John Kerry photo the best way to protect your images is to file your copyrights with the Library of Congress (see Copyrights: Protecting My Photography). I’m curious to see how the claim of Fair Use is interpreted in this case and whether photographers should start to fear satirists who feel they don’t need to credit the property of photographers or for that matter anyone who looks to claim a defense of “Fair Use” to bypass copyright protection. [...]
I listened to it all last night Jim. I like his attitude toward photographing what he is curious about or is compelled to and sticking with it even when no money is seemingly in sight. Great interview. you’re good at this stuff.
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Great interview. Really enjoyed it Jim. Thanks!
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[...] politicians but the photographers as well. You can hear first hand how this was the case with in my EXIF and Beyond interview with Ken Light. A quick synopsis of the truth behind this alteration (see the photo below and to the left) can be [...]