Morel Won The Case.

Remember this discussion: Leroy vs Morel? Word came out the day before yesterday that Morel won the case, check out the analysis here.. Good news for creatives! Happy new year everybody!! (EDITOR'S NOTE) Morel has not won......

Haiti Schism, by G Holubowicz.

'Standing against Morel, Harrington and Leroy have very conveniently adopted a legal posture, but by avoiding questioning the rules and by refusing to even consider the new ways photographers actually work, they’ve disconnected......

AFP, CNN, Getty, ABC, V Morel, why this case matters to all professional photographers or why Getty could be selling your photos without you even knowing ….

Tonight I have received a copy of the transcript of the court proceeding in the case of AFP, Getty, CNN and ABC against Daniel Morel (for the background to this case read here). You......

Is Getty wearing Leroy’s trousers?.

UPDATE Jean Francois Leroy has emailed duckrabbit to say he will be responding within the next 48 hours. Some of you will have been following the debate about why JF Leroy (Director......

Dear Mr Leroy (an open letter).

Thank you for your  response to my post yesterday critisizing the way way certain photo agencies seem content to abuse the rights of indvidual photographers. I am sorry that......

Struggle for normality in Haiti.

Two months after the earthquake, Haitians at all levels of society are trying to get back to normal life in very difficult circumstances. An......

Why Not Images of Haiti – By Haitians?.

'There is a decades-old criticism of the "outsider," most often journalists from developed nations, arriving in underdeveloped nations to tell the story of "insiders." Whether HIV/AIDS in sub–Saharan Africa, conflict in the Middle East,......

Too Graphic?.

Valérie Payen-Jean Baptiste, a Haitian elementary school principal who lost every possession, her home and school, and nearly her family in the quake, was sickened by the images. "I'm tired of it; the photos......

Haiti: January 12 – by Ron Haviv.

"I don't think there is any one photograph that can encompass the loss that people suffered. I think there comes a time when......

Salão Escola de Beleza Afro – Tiana Markova-Gold (where it’s at).

Some photography creates distances, puts the people in the pics out on some distant horizon you'll never reach, nor would you want to.  Other photography closes the gap, creates understanding and feels like a......

Bruno Stevens, on Haiti (audio slideshow).

This powerful audio slideshow is brought impressively to life by Olince Calixte, a blind street musician from Port au Prince. It's also a journey from pain, trauma and shock through to the first signs of......

Haiti panorama.

Whatever your thoughts on the mass media scramble to Haiti over recent weeks, there's no denying the effectiveness of this panorama of the destroyed......

overexposed?.

BBC Radio 4 has been thinking about photojournalism over the past 24 hours: Are Haiti pictures too graphic? Save the Children aid worker Ishbel Matheson and former Guardian picture editor Eamonn McCabe discuss the question......

‘Friends missing but even after three days not accepting that they may be gone forever’.

Saut d'Eau, Haiti                                        ......

‘a tortured, enchanted place’.

Haiti is dreamlike, magical, evil, heavenly. It seems as though the fates pointed to Haiti and decided this is where they would put the portal between paradise and hell. Everything — everything — is......