[Leica] Re: Rob &BD

["Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net>]

I have admired both your images BD, and those of Rob Appleby, veryyyy
much...... but long before this tete a tete,  I thought of you/BD  as
a reporter,  and Rob as a propagandist...

Steve


> Greatest minds in photography today...LOL! (No insult, Rob!:-)
laughing
> at myself..)
>
> And the problem with a discussion on this issue between Rob and
myself
> is we are so far apart on this one that there's really little room
for
> meaningful discussion:
>
> I still believe that a journalist or documentarian owes it to his or
her
> readers or viewers to present as 'straight' a picture of the subject
as
> is possible - and must always keep his/her personal prejudices and
> beliefs in mind and try to keep them out of the way of being 'fair.'
> Yes, any photographer or writer entering a scene changes that scene
to
> some degree; the longer one is present, the less impact one's
presence
> need have, however.
>
>
> Beyond that, there's really nothing I can say.
>
> B. D.

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