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[ecalpemos]

Hi, just wondering, if you hapened to be somewhere like copenhagen, and got good newsworthy shots, maybe even exclusive. Which agencies or newsdesks would be best to contact do you think, anyone know of any good ones.
andy

[tim]

CALL your local newspaper.

[amfoto1]

Associated Press.... dunno if they use stringers or not.

Or local press which might resell the image(s) via their wire services.

Getty, Corbis, Alamy, just about any of the stock agencies also handle editorial shots... Probably should only be less time-sensitive stuff.

Yeah, go to Copenhagen and get some shots of the 1200 limos lined up so the delegates don't have to walk anywhere... a shot of one of the five electric cars would be more of an exclusive, though.

[ecalpemos]

Thanks, its actually for my son, he is there now, i dont work with news stuff but he thought i might have some idea if he just managed to get an exclusive.

andy

[primoz]

Realistically... there's almost more photographers in Copenhagen then residents at the moment. So your chances of selling anything are zero, or at least very close to zero. Every single agency have at least few of their guys there, all major newspapers have their guys there. So unless there will be huge fight starting, and you will be on spot, when police will kill one of demonstrators (or vice versa), your chances to make profit out of this are really zero. Such events might look interesting from outside, but once you have been there, you know how it goes, and how many people are there, and then you realize, you have no chances at all unless you already have connection, and you work with specific newspaper/agency for ages, or unless you are sent there by them on first place.

[DDCSD]

Realistically... there's almost more photographers in Copenhagen then residents at the moment. So your chances of selling anything are zero, or at least very close to zero. Every single agency have at least few of their guys there, all major newspapers have their guys there. So unless there will be huge fight starting, and you will be on spot, when police will kill one of demonstrators (or vice versa), your chances to make profit out of this are really zero. Such events might look interesting from outside, but once you have been there, you know how it goes, and how many people are there, and then you realize, you have no chances at all unless you already have connection, and you work with specific newspaper/agency for ages, or unless you are sent there by them on first place.


Yeah, I think I heard that there's 5,000 journalists and 15,000 delegates. I think they probably have it all covered. ;) I'm sure they have a thousand people calling everyday telling them they have exclusive stuff, so even if he did get something they probably wouldn't pay any attention to him.