Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 1/11/05 5:37:43 AM, gna@netspace.net.au writes: > thought u might like this link about deception in documentary photography > from the old days...not that I feel like re-starting that conversation! :) > > http://larrysface.com/deception.htm > > Gary > ------------------------------------------- Now every Tom, Dick and Mary can fake a photograph. It's no longer the exception to the rule. It is the rule. And you can't even track down a negative! Now, even if you could, the negative could be a forgery. The problem is the sea change that has come over photography so that it no longer has credibility by the public because the public itself is practicing deception on itself. A technology outside photography has invaded photography for good or ill. Each of us as individuals must now wield our own notarized stamp of veracity: Our Reputations. There is no other agency. But, then again, ethics always was the domain of the individual. So I'm still optimistic. As long as a special embattled few remain to keep the faith. Bob