Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's for sure. And of all the people who could use digital, Weegee would have been the first to go. He could transmit from his car to the papers and beat everyone. He used to drive around at night with a car filled with radios. Of all the claims against digital, that has to be the funniest yet. Gene Smith developed his profession before photojournalism ethics took form. In the 60s when he began to teach photography he used to claim he never set photos up. But we all know that wasn't true. It was just him catching on to the damage such action does to his credibility and he wanted to appear to be ethical. We can't judge the pioneers for not following rules that came years later. His attitude in his latter years seems to indicate he might have done things differently had he been given such information early on. On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 07:55 AM, bdcolen wrote: > True, but think of how many Weegee photos were set up - where little > things were changed to add to the drama and impact of the scene. Which, > of course, could bring us back to things like Eugene Smith sandwiching > negatives...but I digress...:-) > Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com "If we had time for more meetings, we would have made more mistakes." Leon Trotsky - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html