Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The one thing that I try to change in a subject is to tell them to "stop smiling for the camera". Regards, Jeffery ______________________ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Jun 9, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > 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 >> >> >> -- >> Phil Swango >> 307 Aliso Dr SE >> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >> 505-262-4085 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information