Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > overview nevertheless. On "part 4" there are also background details > > on Ruth Orkin's faked (or should I say "hoax") "An American Girl in > > Italy 1950". > > Interesting choice of words? Faked? Hoax? Why. Did those men not > behave like > that towards the woman coming past them? Certainly they did - it's > there > recorded on film. Or background on Ms Orkin's photo, read the relevant paragraphs in Mr Mraz article at: <http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/articles/mraz/mraz04.html> See also the email discussion between Mr Mraz and John G. Morris at: <http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/articles/mraz/mailsmm.html> I think you will see there enough discussion to back up the assertion that this image was heavily "directed". So why call it a fake or hoax? Because it pretends to be something it is not. It pretends to be a spontaneous, slice of life shot of a woman being harassed on a street in Rome, when it is actually a carefully staged tableaux of "actors" being directed by the photographer. In the specific case of the guys on the motor scooter, they were actually *paid* to react the way they did. None of this was noted anywhere when this rancid piece of anti-male propaganda was published. It only came out (much) later. This is "truthful"? I think not. Regds, Andrew Nemeth Blue Mountains NSW Australia <http://nemeng.com> - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html