Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, they shouldn't go back to film - but the photos should be carefully examined before being run. And when at all possible, raw images should be examined. On 8/7/06 12:08 PM, "John Sluss" <jsluss@hughes.net> wrote: > Any comment on the integrity and honesty of the photographer? Maybe all > news photographers should go back to film and transmit the negatives to the > newspaper? Is it time to look at all photographs coming out of a war zone > as > questionable, to be looked at with a jaundiced eye? > > Just a couple of thoughts. > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Another Altered Photo > > >> I'm sure those in the unaltered photo were much happier being bombed in >> low contrast. As I mentioned before, look at Christopher Anderson's work >> http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/ on the Magnum site. Anderson, a Canadian, >> should be relatively objective. His work seems to be straightforward and >> for him, a very risky business. Wonder what rationale Limbaugh would use >> prove Anderson's images fake? Perhaps he could call on Westmoreland's PR >> expert who stated Nick Ut faked it with his napalm shot. I've heard tales >> David Turnley missed the shot loading an M3 but that Ut was also using a >> Leica? >> >> Walt >> >> Gregory Rubenstein wrote: >> >>> >>> Reuters has canned a photographer in Beirut for altering a photo, >>> according to an article at the following link from MSNBC. >>> >>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13165165/ >>> >>> This includes the photo, altered and unaltered, as well as Reuter's >>> story. >>> >>> Greg Rubenstein >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information