Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We can only look at documentary photography filtered through the eyes of our own experience, but that, to me, is a very valid point of view. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:23 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 >