Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo Captions and Titles...
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:38:40 -0700
References: <B87345C1.8F07%Mail@SlideOne.com>

I don't think the caption of an image has to be a literal statement of what
the image is at all - just as the photograph isn't a literal interpretation
what the photographer saw.

I like the title Mona Lisa and don't think there needs to be any visual
reference to the painting in the image.

In fact one of the most powerful images I have seen is by Paul Graham and
shows to faces of people in a pub, lit by the glow of a TV. The title is
British Soldiers lynched or something like that. The people in the pub in
Belfast are watching it live on TV.

Tim A


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From: "John Straus" <Mail@SlideOne.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo Captions and Titles...


> on 1/22/02 3:44 PM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> > Steve - Nice group of images....Week4 is a hoot. BUT - The photo does
not
> > have anything to do with the Mona Lisa. I know, that's what they were
> > looking at. You know that. They know that. No one who looks at the photo
> > knows that.
> >
> > Now to me, the photo stands on its own,speaks for itself, needs no
> > introduction. ;-) But if you wanted us to know that that was a photo of
> > people looking at Moana, you needed to either get a piece of Moana (cQ)
in
> > the photo, get a "This Way To La Mona Lisa" sign in the photo, or
something
> > similar.
> >
> > All of which leads me to make a suggestion - NO MORE PAW CAPTIONS. Let's
let
> > the photos stand on their own. Let everyone judge them for what they
show,
> > not what the shooter thinks they show.
>
> I do think a photo should be titled IF you can think of something that
> relates well to the shot it also help ID the phot if your discussing it...
I
> don't mind not titling shots as well... Coin toss...
>
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> Chicago, IL
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