Deadpoet’s Cave

Yesterday, an observant friend noticed a familiar photo published in TODAY. She told me that the photo looked something like this. —>

I checked out TODAYonline, Friday 19 May 2006, and browsed to page 60 (pdf version). Lo and behold, my photo was used - albeit slightly cropped - in an article entitled Backyard Adventures. The article was about the Museum Hoppin’ Trails and other IMD ‘06 activities.

Yesterday.sg provided me with the opportunity to take this photo, as part of a press preview. I was asked permission for use of my photos in the press. Fine with me, I agreed, as long as any photo the press used is properly attributed.

The photo in the article was not.

I asked my NHB contact - through whom I gave my re-publication consent and condition - what happened. Amelynn Liong, the writer of the article, replied to my contact, apologising for her sub-editor’s oversight.

I accept her apology.

Unlike a certain bak chor mee seller, I don’t think that sorry also must explain.

Just don’t do this to other photographers in the future, okay?

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The Rambling Librarian caught wind of all this. Here’s what he thinks.

In slightly related news, a New Paper reporter has allegedly copied a line, without acknowledgment, from a blog post (via Tomorrow.sg).

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