Photographers in the movies
I was pointed to an old article in The Digital Journalist written by James Colburn summing up how photographers are portrayed in the movies and on television. It’s quite funny with revealing truths such as:
“All photographers wear khaki vests. All of the time. Photographers never put anything in the pockets of their khaki vests”
“All male photographers are babe magnets no matter how ugly, dirty, sweaty or foul-mouthed they may be. All of the women attracted to male photographers are beautiful. If something happens to “their” photographer they will leave their jobs and their families to find and rescue him”
“Every laptop has a built-in satellite phone with instant high-speed Internet access and picture transmission capabilities. These laptops have built-in C41 processing machines and ultra high-resolution film scanners. These laptops fold up to the size of a deck of cards and fit neatly into one of the pockets of the photographers’ khaki vest”
How true, how true….
