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What we arearguing aboutthis month.
Not the pictures. Photographers and editors explaining how an assignment was made, what it cost, and where we think we got it wrong.
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The assignment that came back empty, and why we filed it anyway Eight weeks on a story that turned out not to be there. We catalogued all 6,900 frames, and the desk would do the same again. Read Why the first week is thrown away Most agencies research a place and then photograph it. We send the photographer first, and the reason is not romance about shoe leather. Read
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Five things worth knowing before you commission us Written for picture editors deciding whether to spend €14,000 and five weeks on one photographer, including the parts that put people off. Read The assignment that came back empty, and why we filed it anyway Eight weeks on a story that turned out not to be there. We catalogued all 6,900 frames, and the desk would do the same again. Read Why the first week is thrown away Most agencies research a place and then photograph it. We send the photographer first, and the reason is not romance about shoe leather. Read
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- Filed from the fourteen cities where somebody already lives
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