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Subject: [Leica] What is a photograph?
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:05:23 +0100
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Self-portraits are OK, you point the camera at yourself (or put in on a 
tripod and use a self-timer)--after all, you are in the scene.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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On Mar 1, 2010, at 7:56 AM, philippe.amard wrote:

> What of (self) portraits then?
> 
> best from calmer Metz
> ph
> 
> Le 1 mars 10 ? 07:35, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit :
> 
>> 
>> For me the answer is easy. The moment you start moving elements around 
>> and adding stuff that was not in the scene, then it is no longer a 
>> photograph but a montage (as are the panoramas I sometimes post).
>> 
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> 
>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 26, 2010, at 2:22 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>> 
>>> David Pogue, tech columnist for the New York Times has a must read 
>>> article
>>> on the limits of photography. It touches on many of the items we have
>>> considered on the LUG.
>>> 
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/technology/personaltech/25pogue-email.html?8cir&emc=cir
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Larry Z
>>> 
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Replies: Reply from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford) ([Leica] What is a photograph?)
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Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] What is a photograph?)
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