Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A case in point is one of my personal photographuic icons, Dave Harvey. A lot of what he shoots is "street photography" in it's purest form. Where, for me, it becomes photojournalism is when his street photos take their place in a story that has a broader theme than just the street photos themselves. So, I'd agree that intent is key. Street photos are are a record of a place and time. Whether (and how) they go beyond that is up to the photographer and editor. - -----Original Message----- From: Teresa299@aol.com [mailto:Teresa299@aol.com] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 2:09 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] model releases etc. With all due respect, I'm still not sure I understand this artificial di stinction between "mere street photography" and photojournalism. Is it the so-called skills level of photojournalists, the fact that some have gone to journalism school or what? To me alot of this boils down to intent,