Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It says "Damon Runyon" because that's what the original Damon Runyon portrayed. But he wrote about actual scenes - in color with lots of people milling around. He didn't lie or misrepresent what he saw. Neither did this photographer. Tina On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM, John Edwin Mason <profmason at yahoo.com>wrote: > > The contest photo says "Damon Runyon." The reality of the actual event was > "Family Circus." And that is a gross misrepresentation. It is a lie. > > Sure, all photos lie. It's a favorite cliche and one that I pull out in my > teaching all the time. What we're really saying is that some degree of > subjectivity is inevitable. That's why we have standards to keep things > under control. > > --John > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com