Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:54 PM 02/12/97 -0600, you wrote: >At 10:39 AM 12/2/97 -0500, you wrote: > >>He was gone out of existance that day! >> >>Like you, I do not condone for one second re-creating a situation and then >>calling it reality! > The famous Iwo Jima photo showing American soldiers raising the flag was a reenactment of a flag raising that had occurred previously. It was set up. That photo recreated a moment in history, and has received tremendous acclaim for its symbolism. Re-creating a situation that actually took place is a form of editorializing. It may not be an honest documentation of newsworthy events, but unfortunately, it does happen. I think that one has to draw the line when the photographer manipulates the situation to produce some "news event" which never took place. - -GH