Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While I agree with the thinking behind your comment. One can't help but wonder at what point on the continuum the "depiction of reality" becomes an "artistic creation." Apparently as long as the hardware and software (or film and chemistry) and their designers and manufacturers make the decisions of how the "depiction" appears, it's real. The moment that the operator of the equipment at the computer or the lab steps into the picture - well - it becomes an "artistic" depiction. I think they should eliminate writers and photographers and send robots out with recording devices. The words from the recordings can be automatically set into type and printed along with the images captured by the robots. ;^) Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com On Sep 29, 2006, at 3:34 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Simple, Philippe - one is a depiction of reality, other is a > photographer's > 'artistic' creation.