#62 ARE WE BEING CENSORED?
Award winning photojournalist Edmond Terakopian joins us for the first of a three parter on the truth and telling photographic stories. Today is about censorship in a country or indeed in countries, where we felt we had absolute freedom to tell nothing but the whole truth. It’s a pull no punches episode where one of the UK’s most respected photojournalists makes his feelings abundantly clear on how one of the most important stories in a generation is not being told and who he feels is to blame.
It’s not something I thought possible in so called civilised western society. We don’t have that problem do we? No, of course not. This is a country where we revel in being transparent, indeed some have argued that there is too much transparency, and not enough privacy.
But privacy and censorship are two very different conversations.
It’s about time we talked about this with a qualified guest in more detail, as this is a subject that has been mooted a good few times in only a few months on this programme in more than a handful of interviews.
It’s difficult not to politicise this discussion, but if we’re going to start having more debate on it, I’m certainly not going to be the editor who gets squeamish about that facet and gets busy censoring what a guest has to say on the subject.
If after the show you have something to share on the subject, I would welcome an email to the address below.
Email the show: studio@photographydaily.show
Photojournalist Edmond Terakopian, visably frustrated by what he discusses; ‘Is the level of governmental censorship placed upon the NHS during the COVID 19 crisis.’ The closest he and most colleagues have got to documenting the work done by the NHS during the pandemic, is photographing the clapping for the hospital staff outside hospitals. He’s pictured here outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, waiting for the allotted time for the clapping to begin. London, UK. Photo: Jeff Moore.
FURTHER REFERENCE:
Edmond Terakopian workshops and mentoring
British Association of Journalists
