Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think we should call forward Weegee's ghost to wade into this debate. ><< if you're talking about illustrations - fashion or food, >you're right. >>>>> >When I lived in Ottawa there was a young shooter who day after day kept >coming up with these great human interest pictures and other "news" type >photos. He was getting a great deal of admiration for his quickness of >finger and eye. > >One day there was a road construction scene on the front page of workers >and in the foreground was one of the flashing yellow light markers they >surround the area being worked. > >On the round light was a "Happy Face" drawn in the dust on the light. It's >was one of those you had to see it to really appreciate how good the shot >was. >This triggered a check on what else he had been doing and it was discovered >he had been setting-up many of the "neat pictures" we had been admiring him >for. Including many of the "children doing things" where he had paid the >kids a buck to perform for his camera. > >Then of course the captions were written to imply the photographer "had >caught the moment" of this child in action. > >He was gone out of existance that day! > >Like you, I do not condone for one second re-creating a situation and then >calling it reality! > >ted >