Silent Scrum
Early 1920s scrum of newsreel photographers interviewing Calvin Coolidge.

Posted on January 28, 2010 | Posted by amanda | Comment
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Early 1920s scrum of newsreel photographers interviewing Calvin Coolidge.

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.


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