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Subject: [Leica] Altered Photo
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:23:22 -0500
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The alteration certainly gives the photo more impact.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Carter" <ricc at embarqmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Altered Photo


> PS
>
> the alteration does not offend me in the least
>
> ric
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Ric Carter wrote:
>
>> "In adherence with our zero tolerance policy on photo manipulation"
>>
>> It's living in a fool's paradise or lying to the clientele or having NO 
>> concept of what photos are
>>
>> But, we've had this discussion many times without conclusion -- mot 
>> recently with an identical problem--someone removed from the picture
>>
>> It's all about some phoney concept of reality that does not in reality 
>> exist
>>
>> they're pictures, not reality, but impressions of it rendered by people 
>> with opinions
>>
>> The only way to avoid that is to place the viewer at the point of action, 
>> in which case you don't need the photographer
>>
>> ric
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 20, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> So where do you draw the line?
>>>
>>> http://pdnedu.blogs.com/pdn_pulse/2010/07/getty-photographer-fired-over-altered-golf-photo.html
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Altered Photo)
In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Altered Photo)
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Message from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Altered Photo)