Sports Illustrated photo staff gone

[KmH]

It seems that users of commercial and editorial photography today willingly accept images that have much lower quality than what had been industry standard.

And again - NG was YEARS ahead of SI as far as eliminating staff photographers.

 

[snerd]

Every year is the Annual Swimsuit Issue. Once a year like the one you saw.

Where are the pics of sports?

Who cares?! It's the swimsuit issue!!

 

[vintagesnaps]

I hadn't yet read the article to realize who it was, names I'm familiar with thru following/learning about sports photography and thru Sportsshooter - Bill Frakes, Robert Beck, David Klutho, Al Tielemans.

To read that is astounding, I don't even know what else to say.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Yes I do, the standard now of major sports publications will be whatever crappy photos that can be obtained cheap, taken by whatever nincompoop with a camera who managed to get credentials to gain access and act like hot sh---stuff. Sarcasm intended.

In an ironic twist, I happened across this article. (Walter Iooss is an icon, probably past the point of having to make a living at it.)
John Biever, Walter Iooss, Mickey Palmer, Tony Tomsic: The four photographers to shoot every Super Bowl - NFL - SI.com

 

[snowbear]

Outsourcing has been going on for a while. Getty is the turn-to for PJ images.