Comments on: Respectfully yours http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/09/10/respectfully-yours/ Another Photo Industry blog Tue, 22 May 2012 00:36:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: pmelcher http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/09/10/respectfully-yours/#comment-2065 pmelcher Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:32:57 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/09/10/respectfully-yours/#comment-2065 The excitement was due to its scarcity and freedom you say ? Isn't that what photojournalism, great photojournalism is all about ? rare and cheap to view ? You do not think that those images in magazines, or websites, would ignite the same attention ? I sincerely doubt it. The excitement was due to its scarcity and freedom you say ? Isn’t that what photojournalism, great photojournalism is all about ? rare and cheap to view ?
You do not think that those images in magazines, or websites, would ignite the same attention ?
I sincerely doubt it.

]]> By: mikefoxphotojournalist http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/09/10/respectfully-yours/#comment-2061 mikefoxphotojournalist Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:30:46 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/09/10/respectfully-yours/#comment-2061 I am NOT one of those who thinks that photojournalism is dead. I DO believe that it is going through a period of re-adjustment, something which happens in cycles. However, to cite an evening of photojournalism being projected on the streets of Perpignan is a true indicator that pj is alive and well is, I feel, a tad optimistic. The spectacle of a big annual event such as Visa, coming to an otherwise quiet town like Perpignan, is going to ignite curiosity and excitement about what the event is all about THIS year. Throw anything open to the public, for free, in less than normal circumstances, and a crowd is likely to turn up. But once the show was over, what then? I am NOT one of those who thinks that photojournalism is dead. I DO believe that it is going through a period of re-adjustment, something which happens in cycles. However, to cite an evening of photojournalism being projected on the streets of Perpignan is a true indicator that pj is alive and well is, I feel, a tad optimistic.

The spectacle of a big annual event such as Visa, coming to an otherwise quiet town like Perpignan, is going to ignite curiosity and excitement about what the event is all about THIS year. Throw anything open to the public, for free, in less than normal circumstances, and a crowd is likely to turn up.

But once the show was over, what then?

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