Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 11/10/02 8:22:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, cpultz@earthlink.net writes: << That the work sometimes betrayed biases in the way it contrived to tell a story or portray a symbol does not mean that there was anything purposely false or dishonest (a secondary definition for propaganda?) in what was put out to the public >> I believe that documentary work and propaganda to a certain extent overlap. Documentary or photojournalists might have the same fervor in presenting their "angle" but would never cross the line. A good propagandist (in the sense that he achieves his objectives) will have no qualms about presenting truths and half truths and rumors and downright lies if this will further his/her objectives. Given this definition, I conclude that Dorothea Lange's work is not propaganda but superlative artistic quality photojournalism. Dante E.G. Fangon - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html