Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/27

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Subject: [Leica] Remember that kissing couple in Vancouver?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:21:11 -0500
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On Jun 27, 2011, at 5:13 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:

> OK RANT machine off!

Hope you feel better having vented Ted ;~)

I find the nature of the "storytelling" most interesting
when comparing this video to the still photo.

In the case of the still we have an amazing slice of time from a 
"photographer" on the street
and
in the video we have (what I suspect is) a "citizen witness"
looking on from a distance well behind and above the action.

Which has more PJ value?
more "truth" telling content?

We're reading news"papers" on iPads (or other computers)
wherein the front page "photos" are actually 45 second videos.

How does this impact "photo journalism?"

Just interesting questions to contemplate,
in this age of cell phone video cameras at the ready
in the hands citizens, the closing (and/or down sizing) of "news rooms,"
thousands of unemployed or underemployed journalists, etc.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist







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