NY Times article on contact sheets

[Pieter12]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/arts/photos-contact-sheets-jfk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

[Paul Howell]

Pay wall and I don't subscribe.

 

[Pieter12]

Too bad. How do you get news?

 

[Paul Howell]

I use the Drudge report, about 1/3 of the articles have a pay wall, the English Tabloids don't. CNN allows for 5 or 6 articles a month without subscribing, BBC is subscription and it is one of the more expensive so I passed. UPI is free, limited coverage, just a retelling of the news. UPI is owned a front group for the Unification Church, the Moonies, but coverage is for the most part impartial, the other newspapers owned by the Monnies not so much. USA, the London Times, LA Times all are now subscription as is my local paper the Arizona Republic. NPR, NBC,. ABC, and CBS are still free with adds. I am going subscribe to to just 2 or 3, still thinking about which ones.

 

[retina_restoration]

I wish people wouldn’t post links to content behind a paywall.

 

[BrianShaw]

Too bad most of us aren't subscribers. But thanks for the heads up! Isn't there a way that you can share NYT articles? I seem to vaguely recall...

 

[Pieter12]

I wish people wouldn’t post links to content behind a paywall.

Some are willing to pay to support publishing. Those that aren't will just have to miss out.

 

[aconbere]

Archive.org has a copy:

The Analog Allure of Photographers’ Contact Sheets

A rare glimpse inside the archive of The New York Times showcases the decisions and hesitations that go into pressing the shutter.

web.archive.org

 

[BrianShaw]

Some are willing to pay to support publishing. Those that aren't will just have to miss out.

... and some are simply willing to pay other media outlets rather than the NYT. Most of us are getting buried under subscription fees and have to pick and choose where we spend our money.

 

[BrianShaw]

Archive.org has a copy:

The Analog Allure of Photographers’ Contact Sheets

A rare glimpse inside the archive of The New York Times showcases the decisions and hesitations that go into pressing the shutter.

web.archive.org

Interesting article. Thanks for the wayback link! For those of us who lived in that era, fond memories but nothing new to be learned.

 

[Pieter12]

... and some are simply willing to pay other media outlets rather than the NYT. Most of us are getting buried under subscription fees and have to pick and choose where we spend our money.

Definitely. As long as you pay for the service rendered. So many today think everything should be free.

 

[Pieter12]

What is also of interest is the NY Time's newsletter introductory paragraph about the story:

Contact sheets​

By Jodi Rudoren I oversee newsletters at The Times

My daughter, who likes to note that she was born the same year as the iPhone — 2007 — took disposable cameras to her senior prom in June and on a road trip a few weeks later. This was on trend, part of a Gen-Z embrace of the single-use point-and-shoots given to 1990s wedding guests.

The company that processed the cameras sent back prints and digital images, which my daughter promptly shared on Instagram. It also sent negatives, something she had never encountered and found utterly enchanting. When she started college recently, she hung them in a corner of her dorm room as a kind of art.

 

[retina_restoration]

Definitely. As long as you pay for the service rendered. So many today think everything should be free.

I certainly do not think everything on the web should be free. But I don't think it's doing this community any favors by posting links to paid content that perhaps as much as 90% of us cannot view. How is that useful??

 

[Pieter12]

I certainly do not think everything on the web should be free. But I don't think it's doing this community any favors by posting links to paid content that perhaps as much as 90% of us cannot view. How is that useful??

It is useful for those 10%, like most of the content on Photrio.

 

[retina_restoration]

It is useful for those 10%, like most of the content on Photrio.

*shrug*

 

[BrianShaw]

Perhaps a poll would be useful to determine how many Photrio people subscribe to NYT, or LATimes, or any of the other subscription-based news/magazines!

 

[Vaughn]

Definitely. As long as you pay for the service rendered. So many today think everything should be free.

I agree. There is also the saying that if something is free, it is you that is being sold...Data collection for product research, advertising, mailing lists, etc.

Perhaps we (the consumers) are so use to being sold, we hate the idea of paying more for our own enslavement. But then I grew up with commercial USA TV of the 60s -- we paid with our eyes and a gentle washing of the brain.

 

[MattKing]

Seven posters to this thread, including myself.
Two paid subscribers to Photrio plus one Moderator.
I like the sites that are advertiser supported and free to view, or show no or far fewer ads if you are a paid subscriber.

 

[Pieter12]

Every time I consider subscribing to Photrio, something upsets me or I think there is very little relevance to my interests on the site. A shame.

 

[BrianShaw]

Every time I consider subscribing to Photrio, something upsets me or I think there is very little relevance to my interests on the site. A shame.

For me it’s the passive-aggressive, if not completely aggressive, sniping on subscription that makes me dig in my heels. Not at all consistent with what the owner conveys. A few years ago it was an aggressive Montrealer. Always seems to be a Canadian…a shame indeed.

And I’m not even sure what kind of cock-eyed logic brought that on…

 

[Don_ih]

Some are willing to pay to support publishing.

I'd gladly give $0.25 to see a single article. I wouldn't get a paperboy to deliver the paper for a year to read one article. How many things are you supposed to subscribe to?

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

What would really be helpful if posters would sum up what the article is all about and why they're posting it. Make a point. Often, they'll post something that says "here's a great article" with the link. Who wants to waste time to go there whether it's a pay or a free site if you don't even know what it's about. I think there's even a requirement for summing up links as part of the rules, but that might be another forum.

 

[cowanw]

For me it’s the passive-aggressive, if not completely aggressive, sniping on subscription that makes me dig in my heels. Not at all consistent with what the owner conveys. A few years ago it was an aggressive Montrealer. Always seems to be a Canadian…a shame indeed.

And I’m not even sure what kind of cock-eyed logic brought that on…

Sorry

 

[Pieter12]

I'd gladly give $0.25 to see a single article. I wouldn't get a paperboy to deliver the paper for a year to read one article. How many things are you supposed to subscribe to?

Whatever is important to you.

 

[Pieter12]

What would really be helpful if posters would sum up what the article is all about and why they're posting it. Make a point. Often, they'll post something that says "here's a great article" with the link. Who wants to waste time to go there whether it's a pay or a free site if you don't even know what it's about. I think there's even a requirement for summing up links as part of the rules, but that might be another forum.

This is why I don't subscribe.