Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like a great fit Tina. You have confidence in her abilities to achieve your goals. Best kick the rest of the "chefs" out of the kitchen before they spoil the soup. ;~) Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Feb 15, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information