Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>A news > photograph may convey some expression (e.g., the sadness on the faces > of victims), but it is likely to be no more than the straightforward, > limited expressions of the subjects (e.g., the people in the picture) > the photographer was concerned with depicting. The best news photographers are as concerned with form as artists, sometimes more! Sebastiao Salgado talks about using the beauty of a photograph to attract the viewer, and then while studying the beautiful photograph, catching the message. Which may not be so beautiful. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch 98% of all statistics are useless.