[Leica] B. D. PAW

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Oh, God, here we go...:-)
Smith would be fired today because, oddly enough, while virtually all
print and broadcast reporting journalism standards have deteriorated to
a terrifying degree over the past 15 years, those for photo journalism
have markedly improved. Frankly, that may have something to do with the
advent of digital and the increasing ease with which one can alter or
even fake images. While all sort of manipulation was acceptable, or at
least winked at in Smith's day, today's photo journalists are, on the
whole, held to a standard that says beyond cropping, you don't alter an
image. You can use Photoshop to burn and dodge in order to bring the
image close to what the eye may have seen, but beyond that, you don't
fool with the image.

And as to your work - yes, you are a photographer - when you take each
image. But I would argue that your end product is not a photograph, but
rather a "photo composition," or a some such. 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Philippe Orlent
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 10:07 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] B. D. PAW


> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:56:22 -0500
> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] B. D. PAW
> 
>Sure, you could tone in the darkroom, but again, this is a different
matter. 
Look, you've decided that you want to use multiple images to produce a
> single image.
(And yes, I know that one of
Eugene Smith's iconic images was produced by sandwiching two negatives;
I also know that today he'd be instantly fired for doing that. ;-))
---
Thanks for your answer, B.D.
But if I've decided anything it is only that I want to produce images
using a camera, wether it is with a single image or with several. Also,
I don't see why darkroom toning would be different to PS duotoning. I've
done both with pretty much the same goal and results. Finally, and out
of curiosity, why would Smith be fired today? For twisting the truth?
IMO THE truth doesn't exist anymore, if it ever has, that is.

Kind regards,
Philippe




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