Silent Scrum

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Early 1920s scrum of newsreel photographers interviewing Calvin Coolidge.

Posted on January 28, 2010 | Posted by Amanda Emily | 5 Comments

Newsreel Cameramen at Jersey City, 1921

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Newsreel scrum at the Dempsey-Carpentier boxing match at Boyle’s Thirty Acres, Jersey City, New Jersey on July 2, 1921.

Posted on May 10, 2009 | Posted by Amanda Emily | Comment

Cue the Scrum

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Scrum, pack journalism, gaggle, gang bang, pig f*ck. Whatever your regional term of choice is for the practice, competing outlets have been been showing up to shoot the same story since the very first photog rolled on a scene.

Ancient Scrum
Left: Interview with a race car driver, circa 1930. Right: Modern day scrum in Greensboro, NC (photo stolen from Lenslinger)

Posted on April 15, 2009 | Posted by Amanda Emily | Comment