On Wednesday I promised “festival reports and photos” from the Calabash International Literary Festival starting today. It looks, however, like I’ll have to break that promise, as I learned this afternoon that photography isn’t allowed at this year’s event. An official I spoke with briefly said something to the effect that this year they were trying to prevent photos from getting out “all over the place”. A misguided policy, in my opinion, and one that’s contrary to the spirit of the age and the openness that Calabash is otherwise known for.
The ban on photography also deprives the festival of the kind of free publicity the likes of me gave them last year. I just hope the official festival photographer gives the festival dogs their due.
See last year’s photos here.
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No pictures? I was so looking forward to it :(. I loved the ones from last year!
Comment by Imani 05.28.08 @ 11:34 amLeave a comment
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that sucks
Comment by Christiana 05.27.08 @ 9:27 am