Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/18

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Subject: [Leica] Integrity is the first casualty
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov)
Date: Wed Apr 18 18:42:29 2007
References: <46268F73.6030905@waltjohnson.com> <AF948266-1A10-46B5-9536-11C34489075B@mac.com> <4626C009.4070201@mcclary.net>

Great illustration, Harrison.
This gives a good example of how a point of view can be generated  
just by chance, never mind angle and position.

Slobodan Dimitrov

On Apr 18, 2007, at 6:04 PM, Harrison McClary wrote:

> I have had these discussions with people often, and the one thing  
> that always comes to mind is the question...has the media ever  
> really had integrity?  In the days of Hearst and Pulitzer it was  
> called "Yellow Journalism"  anything sensational to sell a paper,  
> 70 point head lines and screaming kids with papers "READ ALL ABOUT IT"
>
> At least back then there were differing view points in the media.   
> Now most outlets are owned by a relatively few companies, and in  
> many towns only one paper, so there are few differing views out  
> there, the truth almost always lay somewhere in between what was  
> reported in the different papers, now you just get one.
>
> As a journalist you should strive to keep yourself separate from  
> that which you are covering, but simply deciding the angles and the  
> moment you snap the shutter tells a story and colors the image.
>
> A few weeks ago I covered President Bush in Chattanooga.  In this  
> first image the real mood of the meeting came across, it was mostly  
> a friendly atmosphere:
>
> http://www.mcclary.net/cpg148/displayimage.php?album=34&pos=4
>
> In this second photo it appears that it was confrontational, which  
> it was not:
>
> http://www.mcclary.net/cpg148/displayimage.php?album=34&pos=5
>
> Note:  I AM NOT making a political statement here, simply showing  
> how when one is making images at 1/250 of a second the moment is  
> fleeting and a fleeting moment taken out of context can shift  
> perceptions with pout there being ANY photo shop manipulation at all.
>
> Harrison.
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] Integrity is the first casualty)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Integrity is the first casualty)
Message from lists at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] Integrity is the first casualty)