Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 20 June 2000, Ted Grant wrote: > > > > "Lying with photographs is more serious than lying with words, because > people believe that the camera cannot lie." > > Ladies and gentlemen, > The above is a quotation from an article in Le Monde Diplomatique 16 > February 2000. Please remember this is a quotation from Le Monde of > Paris! Think about it for a moment before you respond, as I find it > very interesting as a lifelong, 50 years, photojournalist, > > Think about about that for a moment in this day of computers, digital > cameras and photoshop. > > Do you feel this is right or wrong? > > ted The camera doesn't lie but it's possible for a person to be a very convincing liar when using digital imaging tools. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/