Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:-) As we often are. :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Phong Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:57 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Best known photo ? B.D. wrote: > Thanks, Tina, that's what -IMHO - a number of people seem to be > missing. Great fiction - All Quiet On The Western Front, Henry V - and > great art > - Guernica, for example, can make extremely powerful statements, and > have enormous impact. But they don't gain that impact by masquerading as > fact. > > When fiction comes to the party masquerading as fact, truth goes home > early. I have not heard any one claiming the contrary on this thread. I and others have only contended that the power and beauty in Capa's photo would not be diminished were it staged, and that aesthetics should not be judged on journalistic standards, and certainly not on those standards alone. There's much more to photography than photo journalism. There's more than one way to get to the truth than just facts. On the other hand, if you pass fiction for fact, there is a problem, clearly. But it is not an aesthetic problem. We are in violent agreement. :-) - Phong _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information