Author Topic: Interiors of churches - PR or editorial? (Read 8651 times)

basti · « **Reply #25 on:** January 06, 2013, 17:54 »

My dear guys, at first, churches in Europe are mostly not private and NOT run from donations. In my homecountry most of church income goes from taxes we ALL pay, in church or not. Also most of churches were built before 18th century and maybe you americans have it different but ALL people had to work for free for church and they had to pay taxes to church in those times. Compulsory free work and church taxes are not donations in my opinion. So if we start talking about "ethical", we should start from the beginning

So YES, most European churches were built from taxes and many are still run from taxes, despite excuses like donations which often make just small part of the whole budget.

ruxpriencdiam · « **Reply #26 on:** January 06, 2013, 17:57 »

That still doesn't mean that the images will get accepted!

Quote from: basti on January 06, 2013, 17:54

My dear guys, at first, churches in Europe are mostly not private and NOT run from donations. In my homecountry most of church income goes from taxes we ALL pay, in church or not. Also most of churches were built before 18th century and maybe you americans have it different but ALL people had to work for free for church and they had to pay taxes to church in those times. Compulsory free work and church taxes are not donations in my opinion. So if we start talking about "ethical", we should start from the beginning

So YES, most European churches were built from taxes and many are still run from taxes, despite excuses like donations which often make just small part of the whole budget.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #27 on:** January 06, 2013, 18:08 »

Quote from: basti on January 06, 2013, 17:54

My dear guys, at first, churches in Europe are mostly not private and NOT run from donations. In my homecountry most of church income goes from taxes we ALL pay, in church or not. Also most of churches were built before 18th century and maybe you americans have it different but ALL people had to work for free for church and they had to pay taxes to church in those times. Compulsory free work and church taxes are not donations in my opinion. So if we start talking about "ethical", we should start from the beginning

So YES, most European churches were built from taxes and many are still run from taxes, despite excuses like donations which often make just small part of the whole budget.

Thanks for explaining, I assumed they were run by "the church" not by the taxes and the country. Maybe that's why when they founded the US they specifically stated separation of church and state. Now I'll need to read and learn more.

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modviz · « **Reply #28 on:** January 06, 2013, 18:58 »

Quote from: Poncke on January 05, 2013, 07:44

My experience is that 123 and DP dont care about a release for interiors for editorial and they accepted my shots, and Shutterstock does care and they rejected.

Yes. My experience as well. Which I found odd considering if you submit a shot of a barren field with an outhouse barely visible in the far lefthand corner, 123RF will reject it unless you include a signed property release. Any image I've submitted with farm buildings has been rejected yet they accepted a collection of shots depicting the inside of a Lutheran Church in North America. No releases. Nadda.

cascoly · « **Reply #29 on:** January 06, 2013, 20:21 »

similar in turkey where the govt hires the imams and pays for the upkeep of mosques, even though it's a secular country

in the US it's a hidden tax - people can deduct their church contributions from their taxes, so we all pay in the end - that's a major reason why it will be near impossible to eliminate 'charitable' deductions

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