Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phillip, Every photographer, indeed every human being, has prejudices and biases. That is just who we are. Tina has hers and you have yours just as I have mine. The biases shows in every picture we take and every sentence we write. So be it. Learn to deal with it. If you don't agree with Tina's perspective on life, present your own. Please! I've seen grandma & grandpa sorting through the garbage cans on the streets of Shanghai late at night looking for anything of value that can be sold (no, they are not street people!). If I had taken some photos and showed them to you, would you accuse me of bias? Is that an accurate view of China? It would be my perspective and it is neither right or wrong. Regards, Spencer On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:41, Philip Clarke wrote: > But you chose happy smiling (well apart from the out of focus kid with > tears) children in under developed circumstances and haven't balanced > the assignment at all. There's no indication of moving forwards in > those > pictures, India is reduced to candle light and children behind barbed > wire, South America to dirty clothing and water. I find it remarkable > that you regard these images as showing people improving their > lives. If > you see only happy families then I suggest you look again, because you > really really are giving an entirely different impression of other > nations. > > I don't have an agenda. These images are trite, as an assignment it is > unbalanced, as a body of work it is patronising. Good colour balancing > though.