Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD, I'm in agreement with you as far as photo-journalism is concerned in recording the accuracy of the event. However, there's no doubt the drama intended by these pictures created for the photo-journalism. I still remember a "LIFE" magazine image of Robert Kennedy being shot in Los Angeles. That image was appropriately in B&W and was very dramatic. However, in different photography disciplines, it is wide-open in allowing the person behind the camera to create his own. A soft portrait of a beautiful woman can be enhanced to a degree that its marvelous to look at, but in reality the real live person looks very different. Likewise a male celebrity in his 80s can still look like a young stud "in picture", but in real life .... ? - --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > I'm not necessarilly arguing for rigidity, Henry - > depending upon what we > call manipulation. But are you really saying that > you can't understand why > people expect a different standard in photography > and painting? > > How about the fact that photographs are generally > thought to be accurate > representations of reality - paintings, with rare > exception, are not. Photos > are thought to show us what IS in a given instant; > paintings show us what > was in the mind of the artist. And so on. > > I am not arguing that photos tell the truth, or that > there are not photos > that are representations of what is on/in the mind > of the photographer. All > I am saying is that it is very easy to understand > why people apply a > "higher" standard to photographs. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On > Behalf Of Henry Ting > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:43 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV > > > Cameras, films, enlargers, developers, darkroom > manipulations are all tools for photography. Just > like > a painter with brush, canvas and paint. They all > started with a clear sheet of blank medium. So why > photography has to be rigidly controlled as to what > is > ethical or not. > > --- Eric <ericm@pobox.com> wrote: > > B.D.: > > > > >it's okay to manipulate the bejayzus out of an > > image...as > > >long as you do it in the darkroom? ;-) > > > > I don't believe it ethical to do any manipulations > > beyond that which > > presents the photo as the photographer envisions > it, > > regardless of whether > > done in the darkroom or in photoshop. :) > > > > > > Eric > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html