[Leica] The Rules of Photojournalism Are Keeping Us From the Truth by Donald Weber

[Matt Kollasch]

You are wrong, Mark.

The author is Donald Weber a member of the VII Photo Agency. The byline is
there. Also, the subtitle reads: *Notes on a frozen art form from a World
Press Photo juror and member of the VII photo agency.*


On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> Another anonymous blogger who can type with all ten fingers and real fast
> and real literate like.. I kept scrolling down looking for the byline. He
> even talks about himself in the second person.
> People who don't have to the guts to sign there own writing do not deserve
> to have attention paid to them.
>
>
> On 3/19/15 4:53 AM, "Matt Kollasch" <matt at kollarfoto.com> wrote:
>
> > I think this is interesting, important, and thus worth reading. I do
> > like
> Weber's term "picturesque gluttony".
>
> Here are some excerpts that might
> > lure you to the article.
>
> /matt
>
> "We see on our front pages only facsimiles of
> > 90-year-old Leica versions of
> photos."
>
> "It¹s a given that a photographer has
> > to make something, bound on using the
> four-sided frame and the small
> > ³negative,² armed with variations of the
> 35mm rangefinder first perfected by
> > Leica 90 years ago. The conventions
> this technology imposes on story are
> > legion. Look back at documentary
> photography before the rise of the Leica and
> > you have some invincible
> variations, limited by technical capability, but
> > still contributing to an
> evolving, novel language."
>
> "A technically proficient
> > image that looks like those of past
> photojournalism will catch the eye. A
> > technically proficient image may
> trick the viewer into thinking he or she is
> > seeing something of substance,
> of what is commonly referred to as truthful. A
> > technically proficient image
> meets the media business¹ goal for cost-effective
> > public attention. "
>
> "Commodified imagery threatens photographers¹ primary
> > role as storytellers.
> Amplified technique threatens to dominate the image, and
> > it will lead to
> picturesque gluttony. We, the news, and our understanding of
> > the news are
> poorer for it."
>
> "I¹m caught in a weird loop where we photograph
> > the protestors, the
> protestors see what gets photographed, they dress the part
> > and then we
> photograph them
> > again."
>
> http://bit.ly/1H4OxGz
>
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