Don Denton is a photographer, photo editor and photo coach who lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
Prime Minister’s Controls Over Photographers Grows
November 7, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers
An interesting article in the Globe and Mail regarding the growing control by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office over the photo coverage of the PM.
Here’s the lead on the article:
Minutes after Stephen Harper finished his now-famous rendition of With a Little Help from My Friends , the Prime Minister’s Office e-mailed Canadian media an arresting close-up shot of what it described as the gala piano performance.
Only it wasn’t.
The picture, which featured Mr. Harper framed by dazzling theatre lights, was actually snapped by a PMO photographer at a private rehearsal hours before the Oct. 3 evening concert.
My photo above was from a brief photo opp in Victoria a few weeks ago where photographers did have access.
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