Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No one denies the obvious change. Open for discussion: does the change affect one's notion of "truth" and/or "reality?" Every day I listen to politicians and pundits say, "The reality is?" "The truth is?" When they're really just expressing opinions, beliefs, and judgments. This illustration was produced in the tradition of an "editorial" cover; not in the tradition of a "documentary" cover. One has to view these images in their context. Look at the tradition of Economist covers: <http://www.artofsatire.economist.com/cover-sell-buy-sell.php> < http://www.magazine.org/asme/top_40_covers/> < http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/01/economist-bubble-warning/> There ARE important examples of misuse of retouching this most certainly IS NOT one of them. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 6, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Philip Forrest wrote: > I just don't know how it's not obvious how the image has changed. > I'm dumbfounded. And very disappointed.