Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/06

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Subject: [Leica] Photoshopping for Truth? (and a sneaky real estate FS Friday)
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:44:22 -0400
References: <20100706221134.5d841a7c@linux-0ifi.site> <C8595C3B.642EE%mark@rabinergroup.com> <20100706223909.1d45d4cf@linux-0ifi.site>

This is fine so long as we all realize that the original, unphotoshopped 
photo was not reality--it was a view of a portion of reality as curated by 
an artist with a camera. Altering an image should not be confused with the 
altering of reality. Reality is largely subjective.

ric


On Jul 6, 2010, at 10:39 PM, Philip Forrest wrote:

> Maybe I'm in the wrong for wanting an image to remain unaltered as a
> part of the historical record.



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