Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > > The so-called "environmental portrait" is so over-used in > photojournalism > it > > has become a cliche -- I should know, it has become a > crutch in my work. > One > > that I struggle to break out of. > I don't know whose post this was, and therefore whom I'm about to insult...BUT... How can a horizontal portrait be a "cliche" when the vertical, which is how 99.9% of the world's "portraits" are taken, isn't? Whether any shot is a cliche depends not on whether it is horizontal or vertical, but what it is and what it shows...