Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 12/21/01 11:31 AM, Teresa299@aol.com at Teresa299@aol.com thoughtfully wrote: > Puhleeeze. That's like asking if the President of the USA hires a speech > writer to record his deep thoughts. Or a publicist to help him "formulate > his words." A real PJ would shoot (and be able to publish) warts and all. A > hired gun for the Presidency at this point is likely nothing more than a > glorified fluffer, using his or her compositional tools and photographic > skills to present images of Presidential "courage" "vision" "heroic deeds" > and equally patriotic and long-lived buzz words. > Don't confuse this situation with the press pool photographers who follow the President. I donšt have a clue about how photographs are handled by the White House in "informal" situations. But I know that the major news publications have pool photographers who have better access. I don't see these people as being "PR" photographers since they are on assignment. In these days events are structured and orchestrated to give dramatic photographs. Regan pioneered the way in this regard. AB - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html