These two men are dinosaurs. And I am proud to say that I am one too. As explained on the Dinosaur website: "We are former newspaper and TV cameramen and women who gather once a month to have brunch, cuss, spit on the floor, and bemoan the fact that our beloved profession has gone to the dogs in our absence..." Al is on the left, and Jim is on the right, and they are casualties of the recent Newsday downsizing. Neither of them were ready to retire yet, but were forced to take the buyout. Then the company went and hired five freelancers to take the place of the dismissed staffers! This is the thanks that these photographers get for their years of dedicated service to photojournalism.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Two Dinosaurs
These two men are dinosaurs. And I am proud to say that I am one too. As explained on the Dinosaur website: "We are former newspaper and TV cameramen and women who gather once a month to have brunch, cuss, spit on the floor, and bemoan the fact that our beloved profession has gone to the dogs in our absence..." Al is on the left, and Jim is on the right, and they are casualties of the recent Newsday downsizing. Neither of them were ready to retire yet, but were forced to take the buyout. Then the company went and hired five freelancers to take the place of the dismissed staffers! This is the thanks that these photographers get for their years of dedicated service to photojournalism.
Lame situation. Beautiful, descriptive photograph. I love that shaft of light on Jim...
ReplyDeleteThe photogs were treated shabbily. Shame they never seemed to appreciate the grat jobs they had when they had them. There must be a lot of complaining and spitting now because they did that endlessly when they worked for Newsday and ohter media. It's a new day boys and girls. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. I guess we're all part of the problem.
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