[Leica] How about this one?

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

I am very interested in that book and have ordered it.  The
documentary tradition that I learned and have tried to apply is that
you change absolutely nothing for a photo.  I never move anything,
never pose people, never even suggest that they do something over
again.  If I'm lucky enough to get the photo the first time, fine.  If
not, a reenactment does not qualify as documentary photography.  The
reason I stay several days is so that people will forget that I'm
taking photographs and just go on about their lives. Sitting quietly
in a corner with an M camera and a Noctilux, I can be very boring and
unnoticeable.  That's an advantage taking the photos but not promoting
them ;-)

Tina

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote:
> Ted Grant wrote:
>>My job was to cover the event! Not make a journalistic statement or 
>>political
> justification one way or the other!
>
>
> I agree that that's the ideal posture from a news perspective, but I wonder
> how easy it is to keep your emotions and your seeing separate. ?Here's a
> book that explores the question. I haven't read it yet but Errol Morris is
> a respected documentary filmmaker so I expect he's thought quite a bit
> about this.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Believing-Seeing-Observations-Mysteries-Photography/dp/1594203016/ref=pd_sim_b_4
>
>
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