GLOSA: They sing about freedom, however their groups take it from journalists – Novinky

First, some info. Dozens of photographers from totally different media work at main festivals, and Colours of Ostrava is not any exception. Chosen photographers even have entry to the house under the stage and might take close-up pictures of even the largest stars. As a rule, these are representatives of main media and largely additionally photographers with in depth expertise within the narrative style and live performance pictures.

And what actually occurred on Colours? The photographers (together with the creator of this textual content) needed to comply with ship the photographs to the managers of some artists for approval, however they’re nonetheless ready for permission to publish. Specifically, it was the performances of Sam Smith, Lenny Kravitz and Zara Larsson. The request got here from their representatives and was binding for the manufacturing of the pageant.

At Lenny Kravitz’s live performance on Friday, on the request of his managers, solely six photographers from the media have been allowed to enter the house between the viewers and the stage, and ten of them reached Sam Smith. They solely agreed to ship the photographs for approval as a result of they needed to do the work they have been getting paid for. That they had nothing else left.

By Sunday night, solely the official photographer of the pageant had obtained permission from the groups of Smith and Kravitz, not one of the media representatives, even after persuading the organizers, who put the media within the picture permission course of. And nobody can publish pictures from Zara Larsson’s live performance but.

What’s behind the request from the musicians? We are able to solely think about that they wish to make sure that they give the impression of being pretty much as good as they do within the photos. This is perhaps comprehensible within the case of selling displays, however hardly acceptable within the case of live performance picture experiences. It was additionally evident from the very emotional reactions of the photographers concerned. The issue is that, by going towards the foundations, which the pageant product screens, the journalist is at risk of getting his credit score withdrawn.

The paradox is that 1000’s of individuals filmed and photographed the aforementioned performances on their cell phones and, not like skilled photographers, offered their photographs to the venue public virtually on-line. And often pictures of very doubtful high quality. On this context, the try to control skilled photographers can appear foolish. One other paradox is that Sam Smith devoted his live performance in Ostrava to freedom in all its kinds, whereas his crew tries to suppress the inventive freedom of photographers in a manner inappropriate.

It needs to be famous that the organizers usually are not chargeable for this example. In the course of the pageant, they themselves have been protected by these requests, which that they had not met a lot up to now, and so they tried to create a bridge of communication between photographers and tips to hurry up the approval course of. Sadly in useless.

It’s apparent that the organizers are pleased with the curiosity of journalists, as a result of it’s proof of the standard of the occasion. It’s also the want of the organizers that point out of the pageant seems in as many media as attainable. That is actually why they promised on Saturday by way of their spokesperson that they may attempt to do one thing about it sooner or later. And that from brokers who’ve to present permission to photos of artists, that they ask for a binding promise that they may give this permission as quickly as attainable.

I hope will probably be as profitable because it was on the Rock for Folks pageant, the place the band Offspring got here out with the same request, however the photographers “approved” their pictures then.

The query is, nevertheless, the place this effort to affect the best way the media experiences on live shows will go, and whether or not music journalists who write about live shows will obtain related steering. from the band’s managers subsequent time. If picture licensing have been to turn out to be widespread follow, it would simply be a small step to approving music experiences.