Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny et al., The first time I happened up the "do not crop" notion was in the Art galleries selling photographs. This was where I saw the first images printed with the filed-out negative carrier to give the black border and , later, showing the sprockets or edgeprinting on the negatives as part of the image. I suppose the intent was to claim this is the way the artist saw it and intended the image to be. But the art world is different from the real world I was trained in. Photojournalism and Advertising use pictures to tell a story. Sometimes a very specific story. Images are cropped to eliminate things that distract from the story. News (and street photos,too) capture fleeting experiences that don't allow for much compositional control. Cropping is a tool to use or not use. The image is yours to interpret. And if someone tells you an element is distracting to the image you are free to agree or not. But if you are trying to sell this image to that person you had better crop it. Just my 2 cents, YMMV. Tom Furlotte Memphis, Tennessee - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html