Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:01 PM 11/9/02 -0800, you wrote: >I think the basic "point of departure" is...... > >If you happen to disagree or dislike the agenda behind a story, it is >"propaganda". > >If you happen to agree with, or share the agenda behind a story, it is >"documentary". > >Everyone who sets out to 'tell a story', or 'make a difference' as it >where... sets out an agenda, or, is trying to accomplish some goal. Even the >people who hire Tina to do her wonderful work in South America has an >agenda. Same for Salgado, Smith and every other person who ventured into >'documentary' (or propaganda) photography. > >Jim G Jim, I have no objection to my work being considered propaganda or documentary photography. I do think that anyone going into the situations that I do and photographing with no feeling for the people or their situation would come back with some pretty "soul-less" photos. I'd rather be considered a propagandist than soul-less ;-) Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com images available from: http://www.pdiphotos.com http://www.mira.com http://www.agpix.com http://www.newscom.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html