Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/16

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Subject: [Leica] Faking
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Fri Jan 16 16:04:54 2009
References: <C59681AD.4874D%mark@rabinergroup.com>
 
Would that make the photograph a resultant excretion of an endeavor?
sd


On Jan 16, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> "In the very beginning, when the operator controls and regulates  
> his time of
> exposure, when in the dark room the developer is mixed for detail,  
> breath,
> flatness or contrast, faking has been resorted to. In fact every  
> photograph
> is a fake from start to finish, a purely impersonal, unmanipulated
> photograph being practically impossible. When all is said, it still  
> remains
> entirely a matter of degree and ability."
> Edward Steichen
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> Mark William Rabiner
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