Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, Emanuel, I think it's truer the closer we are to our subjects in race, socioeconomic status, etc., because then at least we don't stand out as "others," but only as photographers. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: EPL <manolito@videotron.ca> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:48:32 To:lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Re: When in doubt ask photographer Everybody following this discussion here should ask him/herself: if a photographer moved into your house for a week, then was positioned here and there at various times taking photos of your daily routine and activities, would the photographer ever disappear into the background of your lives (except, of course, when you are asleep, passed out drunk or otherwise insentient)? Not a chance! We flatter ourselves by thinking our subjects are clueless to our presence, that our camera-pointing purpose is forgettable. We especially prefer to believe this about our subjects the more "different" their lives are from our own. What we have really done is struck a sort of bargain with them, an agreement to suspend disbelief, a pact not unlike the implied consent given mutually by audience and actors when the third wall is removed and the curtain is raised. Emanuel Lowi Montreal _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information