Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 29, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Steve, > > The judges are only interested in photos showing "man's inhumanity > to man". that's a good point Jerry, straightforward, likely true......if that is all they want, so be it... but a penny, even a mangled one, has two sides... there must be an effective way to make this point in a more subtle , auspicious, constructive manner... it may be more palatable, inspiring, ultimately more effective as well... Steve > > Jerry > > > Steve Barbour wrote: >> On Aug 29, 2009, at 2:06 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: >> >>> Same thoughts and questions came to my mind. >>> "The Concerned Photographer" >>> <http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/concerned.html> >>> and the book from 1968 >>> <http://www.amazon.com/Concerned-Photographer-Photographs-Bischof-Kertesz/dp/B000BYG608/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251579457&sr=1-1 >>> >>> > >>> certainly attempt to answer the question. >>> >>> I suspect that the answer rests in >>> how much real and quality time >>> the photographer spends >>> with their subject(s). >>> >>> Whether one captures only the "horror" >>> or >>> the humanity and story within the situation >>> will depend on the depth of one's "concern" >>> and the time devoted to the subject. >>> The difference between the isolated grab shot >>> of a homeless person on the street >>> and the photo essay about that same person, >>> photographed over weeks or months, >>> including discussions with them, >>> will appear in the photographs. >> >> yes George, I totally agree, these issues rattled my own mind, as >> I struggled with my photos of children in the hospital, for "I >> never wanted to be famous"... >> >> how to make visible, and compassionately advocate for things that >> may not be entirely "easy"... unhappy things that you >> >> wish to explore and honor... >> >> there are many such studies of poverty, hunger, disease, and war... >> that come to mind. >> >> It's all a question of respect...certainly Tina Manley, Ted Grant, >> Sandy Carter images come often to my mind. >> >> >> Steve >> >> >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> On Aug 29, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>> >>>> the caring photojournalist as agent for change, as advocate for >>>> the downtrodden... >>>> >>>> how best to work in this direction by showing images of good, of >>>> the positive... >>>> >>>> examples? >>>> >>>> in lieu of the monstrously bad...? >>> >>> >>> _ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information warm regards, Steve steve.barbour at gmail.com