Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, as Tim Atherton also pointed out, I was talking about burning, dodging and so on. Nothing more. Talking of manipulation, you left out my qualifying words "in this sense" from your quote of my statement re Salgado. No doubt that comes within the bounds of ethically admissible cropping. I have far greater reservations about Salgado's work, who, while I admire his extraordinary talent and dedication, is not clearly a positive figure to my mind. But that's another story. - -- Rob http://www.robertappleby.com Mobile: (+39) 348 336 7990 Home: (+39) 0536 63001 All outgoing email scanned by Norton AntiVirus (TM) 2003 Professional Edition. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Welch" <eric@jphotog.com> To: "Leicalist" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 2:33 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Journalism, altered photo's, and other ethical debates > No, but I think people should not attack respected members of the profession > when the attacker obviously doesn't know what he's talking about. I've heard > Sebastiao Salgado in interviews, and he has run a workshop in Argentina > along with a person I know who would never tolerate the kind of action Rob > is accusing Salgado of. In fact that workshop is based on the Missouri Photo > Workshop. You fake a picture there and you're out on your ear. I've been > there and done that. > > All the evidence I'm aware of is that Salgado is an ethical practitioner of > the profession and I will not accept the smearing of his reputation without > comment. And I look at his photos and see why some photographers might > assume he fakes photos, but I can see talent and a drive few humans have to > make the kinds of photos he does. > > on 11/7/03 4:21 AM, Phong at phong@doan-ltd.com wrote: > > > Eric, you are not reasonable. > > Are you implying that we not discuss anything negative > > about public figures not on the list ? > > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > http://www.jphotog.com > > The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its > limits. - Albert Einstein > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html