Good Enough is Good Enough

Except, you know, when it isn't. This is a tome on the current state of Photojournalism.

Mostly True:

"Now, say something was happening too fast and you had to hop on a plane. There was a system in place for this also. As you were in the air, your agency would make deals with different magazines around the world for a certain financial guarantee. More than likely the guarantee would be to just SEE what the photographer produced. The price to actually publish the images would still have to be negotiated.

The only reason I mention this, is that the whole guarantee system, in my opinion, started to fall apart when Getty made all (or quite nearly all of) their material available for editors to see for free online.

That, in my opinion was a huge blow to the photographers, the agencies and the quality of work ultimately printed in the magazines. This move was the start of the 'good enough is good enough' mindset that infected the editorial magazine world."