Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V5 #3
From: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:40:45 -0800

Alexey Merz wrote:

> I used to be a big Art Wolfe fan
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> manipulation techniques that he'd used to produce his book Migrations.
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> I say that an artist's job is the same as a journalist's: to tell
> the truth as best he or she can. I can no longer look at Wolfe's
> work without wondering, and for me that means that I can no longer
> look at his work with wonder.

I can understand your position.  And I own Migrations and remember the
controversy.  He is very clear in the book about doing the digital
work.  I am sorry that it ruins your appreciation of his work.  He is
one of the most productive photographers in the country, maybe even the
world.  And most editors know that he won't send a manipulated photo to
a textbook company without so indicating.  

Manipulation is a broad word for a very broad range of techniques (from
film choice, filtration, composition on into computer enhancements) and
we certainly won't agree on any meaningful standards here on the LUG.  

I can think of only one meaningful way he can improve his photos, but he
has said that he was too hard on equipment to afford to break Leicas.

donal
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Donal Philby
San Diego
www.donalphilby.com