[Leica] IMG: Murillo's

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:42 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at 
mac.com>wrote:

> What is the "purpose" of the "edit?"
>

A book, eventually.

>
> Like any other work;
> experience matters.
> I have no doubt that Maggie Steber
> has a very experienced eye for photo editing.
> Yet, one may ask, editing for what purpose?
> Market segment? Publications? Fine Art books? Other?
>

She was the first woman editor for Associated Press and Pulitzer Prize
winning editor of the Miami Herald. Maggie has been awarded the Ernst Haas
grant, the Alicia Patterson Foundation grant and the Knight Foundation
grant, as well as a World Press Photo first prize and Leica Medal of
Excellence, and she was a two-time finalist for the Eugene Smith Grant.. Her
book on Haiti, published by Aperture, won Photo Book of the Year.  She works
for National Geographic, Fortune, Smithsonian, teaches at ICP, Maine, and
Santa Fe workshops, judges NPPA Photo of the Year, World Press Photo of the
Year and many more.  So I would say she edits for all purposes.

And she uses Leicas!!

>
> Will her edit express what you want to express about the subject(s)?
> about your self? about your work? other issues?
>

During the editing process, she kept telling me to let her know if there
were photos I particularly wanted to include.  I did.  Most she agreed with,
some we argued about, some she talked me out of, some I put in the B edit
with the idea that we would review them further in the next edit.  I think
she was very careful to include what I wanted to express.

I still think that I would include far too many photos because I know the
story behind the people.  I find it hard to judge my photos on their merits
and not on what I remember about the situation.

I need an editor.  I think it's wonderful that some people are confident
enough to judge their own work, but that's not me!

Thanks -

Tina

>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com