Interview with New York Times Assistant Managing Editor for Photography Michele McNalaly
Michele McNally — Talk to the Newsroom — The New York Times — Reader Questions and Answers – New York Times: Michele McNally fields reader questions for the New York Times and talks about what it’s like to work as a photographer for their paper. An interesting read that touches on style, ethics and confrontation in shooting for America’s most well known newspaper.
(Thanks, Josh!)
One comment Michelle made that particularly caught my eye was “You are prohibited from shooting bridges and tunnels, less so the subway.” This is a quite curious statement. Last time I checked, here in the USA, we had a right to photograph anything that can be seen from a public space. Can anyone from New York comment on this? Is there actually a law in New York prohibiting what can be photographed?
Interesting read. Thanks for the heads up and the link.
Jeff H. I noticed that too. I that is unfortunate as I believe that this is misinformation on her part. Although with regards to the subway tunnels specifically in New York I was asked by police not to shoot them when I was there two years ago. They also made me put my tripod away in Grand Central Terminal. Kind of sucked.
As a side note, the New York Times is rather notorious for the rights grabbing “Work For Hire” contract it forced freelance photographers to sign a few years ago.
http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0404/smith.html
Thomas,
There is a thread going about this article on ‘The online Photographer’ blog.
http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19398143&postID;=115263847238296890
One of the contributors posted a link to a letter he sent the NY Times, asking them to clarify the statements they made regarding photographers rights to shoot in public. http://www.chezlark.com/?p=679
Jeff H.