Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/19

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Subject: [Leica] Integrity... is the first casualty ?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Apr 19 08:20:33 2007
References: <46268F73.6030905@waltjohnson.com> <AF948266-1A10-46B5-9536-11C34489075B@mac.com> <4626C009.4070201@mcclary.net> <26191181-54A1-4C4D-B537-2AE65DE5532D@mac.com>

On Apr 19, 2007, at 6:50 AM, Lottermoser George wrote:

> Precisely. Point extremely well made. It would take at least a half  
> dozen such images to even begin to communicate the "real" mood of  
> the event. Not every photo is worth a thousand words as your few  
> words of description of the "mood" of the event would seem more  
> accurate than at least one of the photos.


integrity is not the first casualty...rather bias is inherent before  
picking up the camera...

a photographer takes and shows an image that validates his/her own  
view of the mood of the event/situation/person...

or how they would like it to be seen...

to me that's the core issue...


Steve





>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
>
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2007, at 8:04 PM, Harrison McClary wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
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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)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Integrity is the first casualty)