Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not so, Doug - Thus far, considering the possibilities, the photo manipulation scandals have been few and far between. We certainly don't know how long this 'period of grace' will last, but.... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Sharp Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:17 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] documentary photos thread Steve Barbour schrieb: > > If photos through manipulation become unreliable as truth...I believe > they too will entirely lose their value... Their value to the people they are supposed to be influencing, yes. The value to the distributors, or the powers behind them, no. Since the advent of digital processing and modification who can tell what is true or not, people edited out of, or into, images, shifted to backgrounds where they've never been - the possibilities are endless. > I fear where this would leave us. Has already left us.......... Douglas > > > > Steve > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information