Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><Snip> > > Is it better to pretend that the "camera doesn't lie" and thus pass off > many little lies as par for the course because people don't stop to > think critically -- risking that big ones will slip through unnoticed; > or is it better to expose all the lies, and the way in which the camera > does lie, but require people to exert the extra effort? > > Clearly, we've chosen option #1. > > M. > If the INTENT of the picture is changed by printing it way dark (OJ), funny cropping, air brushing, or Photoshopping then a lie has been told and needs to be corrected. I give any photo the benefit of the doubt... that it told the truth - that's it is not somehow a distortion. Life magazine appeared to be more air brush ink than silver but the INTENT I think most of the time was not changed. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html