Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > Ted, > Appreciate the nice comments on recent uploads but must disagree on one > thing. Having worked for quite a few dailies over 30 years and several > reasonably big-time photo agencies taught me at least one thing. There > are no rules, except one I taught myself. Honesty. Be honest and every > thing else falls into place. Be honest in your approach, be honest with > your self and most importantly be honest with your subjects. Funny thing, Walt...the following comes from the syllabus for my MIT documentary photo class, and is also included in the syllabus for my Maine Photo Workshops class... "Most important, always remember that there is one thing that you owe your subjects, be they your roommates or a group of developmentally disabled adults - Honesty: honesty in your vision; honesty in what you tell your subjects about your project and its purpose; honesty in your approach to your subject; and honesty in what you present to your viewers." :-) B. D.