Originally Posted By Mr X So I've spoken now and again about my friend who's been traveling to the Northern disaster regions of Japan... He gave his camera to some kids in a shelter and they took the most AMAZINGLY poignant photo. So now he doesn't know what to do with it. I told him he should try to contact the kids involved as well as their parents, but obviously it's difficult and will take time. In the meantime, he asked me if I would help him contact news agencies and I got in touch with CNN (they said "SEND THE PIC!"). (like vultures, bigtime...I can't say I was shocked) So, strategies and what to do in this instance would be very much appreciated. OBVIOUSLY my friend wants to share it with the world. And, if there is money to be had by it he wants the kids and their families to get it (I hesitated suggesting selling to tabloids but obviously that's one way to go!). And obviously there are privacy issues for those grief stricken kids as well (which is why I suggested he needs to get in touch with all of them, first...). Help?
Originally Posted By Labuda X - I'll shoot a note on FB to a friend of mine who's a professional photog and see what he recommends. (He's been in Time, newsweek, SI, and so on)
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I was going to say contact Time. That is the kind of thing they go for. I am pretty sure they also pay well for their photos.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Hopefully Labuda's friend will have some good suggestions for you, X. He should also know the professional ethics of publishing photos if you can't get in touch with the subjects, etc.
Originally Posted By Mr X Thank you all. I will continue to speak with my friend, and thanks Labuda for your assistance on FB as well! My first thought was Time magazine as well, PJ. And as far as money goes we need to think carefully about what would be best because we would want to get it back into the hands of those kids and their families, most definitely (so, in that sense, it's a 2 pronged dilema because who pays the best is not necessarily the best news source for sharing with the world). In the meantime, I suggested that he take the photo off of facebook for now and he has done so. He's not going back to the disaster zone this week, as he sustained an unrelated injury. So this feels time sensitive too and he doesn't quite know what to do. He definitely wants to seek permission, but who knows if those kids will even BE in the shelter when he returns (and that's a big "hopefully NOT", hoping their situation has improved in the meantime). A weird dilemma, to say the least. I'm not kidding when I say this photo will blow everyone away. It knocked the wind out of me, seriously.
