After attending the Extinction Rebellion Protests on 8th May at Weston-super-Mare, I was excited to find out that my image of climate protesters with their heads in the sand was shared by Extinction Rebellion Bristol on their official twitter feed.
The image was picked up by The Bristol Post and published on 9 February 2020: Extinction Rebellion members ‘stick heads in sand’ in Bristol Airport protest. It was later shared by The Guardian on 11 February 2020 in their article: Plan to expand Bristol airport rejected after climate protests.
Unfortunately, the original tweet had misspelled my name and this was duly shared in both newspapers with incorrect spelling. I also noted that the image which was shared was a very low resolution and the quality was poorer than what I would have provided had I been contacted.
Despite the error, I had a number of people contacting me through my own social media accounts to let me know they had seen the image in the newspapers. I was very pleased to see my image shared like this, however, I have learned a valuable lesson about making sure any image is credited correctly as it has a knock on effect across future publications.
Journey Through the Lens 