Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, You are right. The cover is always the magazine's lead editorial. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:17 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > Has anyone ever looked at The Economist before this week? > The only point I have to make is that this publication has used artistic > license on their covers for 150 years. > Every visual cover they have produced has been a visual editorial comment. > They have never, to my knowledge, produced a "news photo" cover > (I'm sure a few exceptions can be found - but their rule is to "create" a > compelling cover). > > In my personal opinion editorial cartoons, editorial illustrations, satire, > and humor, > produced by thoughtful, professional writers, illustrators, designers and > photographers > can get a lot closer to "truth" than simply documenting some rectangle > chopped out of reality. > > The Economist has won awards over decades for their professional, > editorializing cover designs. > And for very good reason. > > It's just a damn picture surrounded by typography. > and it lies no more or less than the full frame chopped out of time and > space. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > On Jul 8, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> Quite a few others, mostly photojournalists, disagree. >> >> >> http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/5/881784/-BUSTED:-The-Economist-Photoshops-Obama-To-Make-Him-Look-More-Depressed-And-Alone >> >> >> <http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/5/881784/-BUSTED:-The-Economist-Photoshops-Obama-To-Make-Him-Look-More-Depressed-And-Alone> >> Tina >> >> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:39 AM, George Lottermoser >> <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: >> >>> Precisely the point. >>> >>> Editing with malicious intent to deceive and mislead >>> and >>> Editing with aesthetic and editorial intent to provide a strong cover >>> design >>> are two entirely different matters. >>> >>> On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: >>> >>>> I see Uncle Joe's murderous process as somehow quite different from an >>> >>> editor's decision to remove a couple of people on Obama's beach who >>> themselves should have no concern that they in fact could disappear one >>> day. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >