Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 13 Feb 2001, at 19:28, Mark Rabiner wrote: > A piece of paper with charcoal on it is only a piece of paper with > charcoal on it. It's not real. It's just a drawing. > > Is a piece of paper with silver on it to them is real! > more real than a piece of paper with charcoal on it? > > OF course not! Seems to me that a piece of paper with charcoal on it ventured more into interpretation after photography came along. It was always interpretive, but when photography was able to be more "real", and was marketed as more real, than charcoal it allowed the divergence. How many lies have you told with a photograph? I know I've spun a few yarns, even in a "real" situation - not in a studio session with control over every aspect. Both the photographer and the viewer interpret - the successful photographer has his interpretation well alligned with the viewers'.