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Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] Salgado - Simply The Best?? Talk amongst yourselves
From: Bob Walkden <bob@web-options.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:04:46 +0100
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Hi,

> And while you are right about the power and perceived accuracy of photo
> reportage - and its impact and believability - good written journalism
> can and often does convey a far fuller, far far more accurate "picture"
> of a situation or event than photography, with its nanoseconds out of
> context, can ever hope to convey.

yes, it often can, but I think that photography wins hands down
because the photographer has to be there. The writer can do it from
the hotel bar! Guess they're the smart ones :o)

- ---

 Bob  

mailto:bob@web-options.com

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