Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: The Decisive Moment is gone
From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:10:55 +0100 (MET)
References: <12b001c3a222$6742e190$0200a8c0@Desk> <5.2.0.9.2.20031103125820.0296ade8@mail.infoave.net> <5.2.0.9.2.20031104084626.02915578@mail.infoave.net> <5.2.0.9.2.20031104103927.00bad798@mail.infoave.net>

> >Good photojournalists and documentary photographer take pictures that tell
> >the story - _their_ story - and how they go about it is irrelevant.
>
> This attitude is why so many people don't trust journalists and
> photographers.  How they go about it is relevant.  Any manipulation is
> dishonest and a lie.

I didn't understand the previous statement as favoring manipulation. Just
facing the cold facts that objectivity does not exist. The very decision
to focus on a story is a subjective decision ... to place the limelight on
it instead of something else.

_their_ story for me = eyewitness account.

Daniel

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