Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe photographs exist...I have many adorning my walls. As for the contents, well, if one is looking to convey one absolute truth about the world, or life; or uncover some sort of universal meaning, then they were never to be believed...unless you believe in fairy's...or miracles. If your attempting to convey a perspective or interpretation of some aspect of the world or life, then manipulation doesn't matter. So is perspective and interpretation totally devoid of universal meaning and absolute truth? How absurd is this life? At 10:10 AM 4/22/2009, you wrote: >R. Clayton McKee wrote: > >>Quoth the Tina Manley : >> >> >> >>>Nobody will ever believe photographs again. >>> >>> >> >>Read the comments (if you can stomach them.) >> >>The viewers already don't believe photographs (which is probably >>realistic, in today's publishing world) but, even more frightening, the >>majority don't seem to care. Welcome to 1984, revised for the marketing >>era. >> >> > >Unfortunately this phenomenon is not new I'm afraid. >Believing is by essence subjective. >PR people and politicians know that better than others. >For instance, what if I don't believe these are faked : >http://www.lafabriquedelinfo.fr/component/content/article/133-lnles-journalistes-sont-victimes-du-mythe-de-la-photographie-qsans-retoucheqnr?showall=1 >http://tinyurl.com/c3hr7y >I'm absolutely confident the first one isn't, I can't tell you why. ;-) > >Now, if the result is what matters as we often state here, I wonder if the >limits of 'post-production' are not all in the viewers' minds, and beliefs. >On the other hand, a photograph being the result of a long personal and >technical selection process, equating it with a truthful representation of >what actually is or was, is simply a dramatic mistake. >The rest of it is left open for beliefs, or ignorance. >Amiti?s >Philippe > > >>-- >> >> >>R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com >>Photojournalist rcmckee at rcmckee.com >>P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 >>Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049