I once submitted a picture to the Guardian and they published it.
It was during my Street photography years. It was taken at Camden Lock in about 1980
Sept. 3, 2025
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Congratulations.
Do you get paid for that?
Alan
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Of course not! Gone are the days when a newspaper would send you a check without asking. It happened when I did theatrical photography back in the 90's.
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In 1996 I shared a house in Ealing, West London, with three long-haul air hostesses. It worked out well because they were away most of the time.
Anyway… the three of them were approached on the Thames Embankment on a day off by a “journalist” from the Sun daily tabloid (trash) newspaper. Together they created a full two-page spread on how they all sensationally split up with their boyfriends. I cannot remember the exact stories, but it all was completely untrue, but they used their (three girls’) photographs and real names. The boyfriends never existed. It took them four months of chasing to get paid £3̶0̶0̶0̶ - - a lot of dough in 1996 for a fake story.
Edit: I’ve messed up… it was a grand (£1000) :-)
