[Leica] IMG: Murillo's

[leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)]

Quoth the Tina Manley :

> Thanks, Bob.
> I had rejected it for the same reason, but it was one of Maggie's
> favorite
> photos.  She said the mother's look just added to picturing her
> responsibilities and the fact that her work is never done.  In that
> case, I
> guess this would be an example of factual concerns trumping
> aesthetic ones
> (for Maggie, anyway)?

Or a different aesthetic standard, in any event.

I had the privilege of learning from Ms. Steber at a Missouri 
Workshop 15-odd (some of them VERY odd) years ago. One of the main 
things I learned from her specifically was the value of complex, 
multi-centered story-telling photos as opposed to the monopolar "one 
look and you've got it" stuff we're surrounded by (and that my 
editors invariably go for).  I learned to admire such things, but I'm 
not quite as good at capturing them as I'd like.  

I think it's the difference between book/magazine long-form 
photojournalism and what passes for News Photography in the age of 
online 3-second flash timers.  There's precious little 
"photojournalism" in the mainstream any longer; we're "content 
providers" whose task is not telling stories, but selling 
newspapers/websites.

</rant>