Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/31
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Hi BD,
When HCB started photographing with the early Leica, the
word 'photojournalist' was unknown. I think the term was first
used in the '50s.
Cheers,
Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net
bdcolen wrote:
> Cartier-Bresson was not really a "photojournalist -" he was a fine art
> photographer who took on some photojournalism assignments. Never forget
> the story about Capa telling HCB to call himself a photojournalist
> because if he called himself a surrealist photographer no one would ever
> hire him. :-)
> B. D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Peterson
> Arthur G NSSC
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:34 PM
> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re cropping dilema
>
> Eric is right, of course. In terms of this
> cropping/editing/retouching debate, there's a world of difference
> between reportage and fine art. A journalist, either photographic or in
> writing, has a basic purpose quite different from that of a novelist or
> fine arts photographer, and so he operates under a set of rules that the
> artist can safely ignore. That is not to say, however, that what a
> "photojournalist" like Cartier-Bresson created cannot be fine art;
> obviously it is.
>
> Art Peterson
> Alexandria, Virginia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Welch [mailto:eric@jphotog.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:48 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re cropping dilema
>
> I think he was referring to news writers.
>
> Novelists are a whole different animal. Making things up
> is their
> stock-in-trade.
>
> On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 08:55 AM, Tim Atherton
> wrote:
>
> > You mean like a novelist? (aren't they writers too?).
>
> Eric Welch
> Carlsbad, CA
> http://www.jphotog.com
>
> The Four States of Santa Claus:
>
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> 3: You are Santa Claus.
> 4: You look like Santa Claus.
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