Ken Sutton/sports photographers type of thread.

AnimalRights

After reading about the 2nd Cricket test just now on the BBC website I came across this at the end..

"We are using archive pictures for this Test because several photo agencies, including Getty Images, have been barred from the ground following a dispute with the Board of Control for Cricket in India, while other agencies have withdrawn their photographers in protest."

Fair play to the agencies for standing their ground, I assume that the Indian cricket board were imposing to many conditions?

Maybe Ken or co can shed some light on this?

Full link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/20484467

Paulw

From what I know, the Indian cricket board wouldn't accredit agencies, but would only accredit their own photographers. So, rather than the agencies getting their own staff, they were being forced to use whatever they were given.

http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=9324&tp=n

DaireQuinlan

AnimalRights wrote: »

After reading about the 2nd Cricket test just now on the BBC website I came across this at the end..

"We are using archive pictures for this Test because several photo agencies, including Getty Images, have been barred from the ground following a dispute with the Board of Control for Cricket in India, while other agencies have withdrawn their photographers in protest."

Fair play to the agencies for standing their ground, I assume that the Indian cricket board were imposing to many conditions?

Maybe Ken or co can shed some light on this?

Full link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/20484467

Spun another way you could play it as a stand by plucky independents against the all consuming hegemony of the big agencies

I know nothing about the actual situation though, except for what yourself and paulw have written ...

Paulw

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Spun another way you could play it as a stand by plucky independents against the all consuming hegemony of the big agencies

I think it was much more the Indian cricket board wanting to control the images (and revenue from images).

Not the first time it has happened, and it won't be the last.

kensutz

It's similar to what DataCo tried last season and Southampton were the first to act on it. The BCCI are refusing anyone entry into the games but their own guys which is causing uproar because the likes of Getty have Gareth Copley out there and he's sitting in the stands watching the games instead of doing what he does best and that's cover all England games.

What happened last season was Southampton only allowed a specific newspaper to photograph the games so the press decided to withdraw any coverage of their games and instead they used paintings to depict action from the game. It also threatened to affect League One and Two as they kicked off a week before the Premier League started. This season isn't too bad and we're actually allowed post images from the Premier League game on social media if we want to.

Saint_Mel

The drawing in one of the papers of the goal at Southampton was class

kensutz

Sure was. DataCo tried to make life difficult again this year but nobody gave them any leeway in discussions. They knew they had to back off pretty quickly as there was so little time for talks to happen with agencies.

kensutz

Here's another variation used for one of the Southampton games

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3121098/Swindon-Advertiser-beat-South-Coast-Clubs-picture-ban-by-using-Subbuteo.html

AnimalRights

lol at the last post...lolololol

tororosso

kensutz wrote: »

It's similar to what DataCo tried last season and Southampton were the first to act on it. The BCCI are refusing anyone entry into the games but their own guys which is causing uproar because the likes of Getty have Gareth Copley out there and he's sitting in the stands watching the games instead of doing what he does best and that's cover all England games.

What happened last season was Southampton only allowed a specific newspaper to photograph the games so the press decided to withdraw any coverage of their games and instead they used paintings to depict action from the game. It also threatened to affect League One and Two as they kicked off a week before the Premier League started. This season isn't too bad and we're actually allowed post images from the Premier League game on social media if we want to.

Thank God nothing like that is happening in Ireland!

kensutz

And now something similar:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/9698332/India-v-England-second-Test-in-the-best-pictures-we-and-you-can-manage.html?frame=2410557