Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tristian, Usually when you plan a demonstration you have more people with your beliefs show up. A protest, no matter how big or small is not an indication or a representation of the opinion of the rest of the country. Mike Gil - --- Tristan Tom <tristan@tristantom.com> wrote: > Even mediocre photographs and a cheapy Web site can > gain some attention if > it deals with a salient topic. I have gotten over > 3500 hits since Monday to > my protest photo site: > > <http://tristantom.com/berkeleyprotest/> > > > Also, <http://sf.indymedia.org/>, a San Francisco > area independent media > organization, linked to me on their front page. > > My goal in striving to be a good documentary > photographer was never to > allow my political views to color the photographs. I > aimed simply to cover > the event and to do it truthfully. > > It has pained me that I have received several > comments thanking me for > showing more supporters of the U.S. bombings than > protesters of it. This > pains me because the plain truth is that the > anti-war protesters > outnumbered the supporters at this event. I know > this, I was there. > However, the U.S. supporters were more militant and > loud, and gained more > attention because of that fact. > > However, in an effort to better portray the event as > it really happened, I > have re-edited the web presentation. I did not > remove any photos, but added > a few such that it overall better represents the > reality of the event and > who was present, etc... > > What is most difficult about having documented this, > is the fact that I am > human and naturally have my own beliefs and feelings > about the situation. > Putting that aside, striving to capture the event in > a pure fashion, and > then editing and portraying my photos likewise has > been difficult for me. > Strangely, I have the power to color my portrayal of > the event by choosing > which photos to show and which to hide. But I was > witness to both sides of > the argument and wish to portray that... > -- > > > > Tristan Tom > <http://tristantom.com/> > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html