Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The camera is perhaps the greatest liar ever invented by man! Anything that only captures a fraction of a second of the truth will, by its nature, tell half truths at best and full out lies at worst. Even if the intent of the photographer is pure, the interpretation by each of us 5 billion viewers on earth means a different story is told to all. Digital technology has not changed the frequency of photographic fabrication so much as made it easier for the occasional dedicated fabricator. It is the NON dedicated, UNINTENTIONAL fabricator that we must be more wary of. The misinterpretation of a "straight" photo is no different from the "correct" interpretation of a falsified one. The result is the same. Perhaps literal and unerring truth is too high a standard to apply to photography, or any other art form. Best Wishes Dan States Madison Wisconsin > > > >"Lying with photographs is more serious than lying with words, because >people believe that the camera cannot lie." > >Ladies and gentlemen, >The above is a quotation from an article in Le Monde Diplomatique 16 >February 2000. Please remember this is a quotation from Le Monde of >Paris! Think about it for a moment before you respond, as I find it >very interesting as a lifelong, 50 years, photojournalist, > >Think about about that for a moment in this day of computers, digital >cameras and photoshop. > >Do you feel this is right or wrong? > >ted ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com