Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina: I don't agree with the NCPPA board. These are the type of simple adjustments that have been made in the darkroom for the past century. If there was a way to go back in time, I'll bet that they have used plenty of darkroom dodging and burning in their own photos themselves, and that the resulting photos were printed without any caveats. In the first photo he removed a distracting large background blur... so what? What is the difference between the altered and unaltered second photo? He made the third photo a bit lighter, so what? There is NOTHING in the three photos presented which would lead me to think that Schneider had done anything to these photos which would have deceived the public. I hope that he finds a way to sue their sorry behinds for slander. Jim, "astonished at their self righteousness" Hemenway Tina Manley wrote: > At 08:46 AM 11/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >> Tina, something you said in a previous message worries me. You voiced >> concern about burning and dodging (two perfectly acceptable >> adjustments) because having done so might make a photo ineligible for >> an award. >> >> Who are these prune-assed, self-righteous arbiters of reality? How >> creative can a working photographer be with the thought police looking >> over their shoulder to disqualify them for making perfectly innocent >> improvements in print quality. These people ought to belong to the >> mechanics union, not on the staff on magazines and on award committees. >> >> Sam S > > > > Sam - > > You can read all about it and see the photos here: > > http://www.zonezero.com/editorial/octubre03/october.html > > What do you think? > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.workbookstock.com > http://www.newscom.com > http://www.americanphotojournalist.com > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html