Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:30 PM 9/14/99 -0700, Joe Codispoti wrote: >A local photojournalist found himself in a lot of trouble when a published >photo of an auto accident scene showed in the foreground a beer can which >may or may not have been part of the accident. He was accused of *placing* >the can in order to make the photo more dramatic. There have been photographers who were notorious for doing that. Or placing a teddy bear near an accident where a kid was killed. Or a shoe. Whatever. There will always be dishonest people in every profession. Some from naivete, some from pure lack of integrity. When I was a kid, I never cheated at games after I figured out if I did, I would never be satisfied with the win. Guess that's one reason I like photojournalism. People can be fired for lying. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Common sense is that layer of prejudices laid down in the mind prior to the age of eighteen. - Albert Einstein