Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01BE2475.6BDEF520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The main part of this discussion seems to deal whit the taste of, how = much the as i understand it the documentary if its either a photograph or a filmclip, and as I se it, how much it is going to trick the observer = about the current event, am i right i have newly participated in the LUG It would be intresting to read about what the discussion members think about the photograph or the film as a eyewittnes, and the difrence = between the two mediums,=20 H=E4lsenor Rikard ++++ Dear Halsenor, I agree, taste is a factor, a big one. But as far as "eye-witness" goes, = computers have made it possible to fake anything with either medium. = Even so, especially those of us who grew up when "photos did not lie," a = photo does (usually) seem to indicate reality, or "truth." How film or = still images "mean" is a large, difficult topic that evolves with time = and technology.=20 Sincerely, Joe Stephenson - ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01BE2475.6BDEF520 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>The main part of this discussion seems to deal whit the taste of, = how=20 much<BR>the as i understand it the documentary if its either a = photograph or=20 a<BR>filmclip, and as I se it, how much it is going to trick the = observer=20 about<BR>the current event, am i right i have newly participated in the=20 LUG<BR><BR>It would be intresting to read about what the discussion = members=20 think<BR>about the photograph or the film as a eyewittnes, and the = difrence=20 between<BR>the two mediums, <BR><BR>Hälsenor Rikard<BR><FONT = color=3D#000000=20 size=3D2>++++</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Dear Halsenor,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I agree, taste is a factor, a big = one. But as=20 far as "eye-witness" goes, computers have made it possible to = fake=20 anything with either medium. Even so, especially those of us who grew up = when=20 "photos did not lie," a photo does (usually) seem to indicate = reality,=20 or "truth." How film or still images "mean" is a = large,=20 difficult topic that evolves with time and technology. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Joe = Stephenson</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01BE2475.6BDEF520--