Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On the Site That Dares Not Speak It's Name, where I am "artist in residence," there has been a to do - well, I caused a to do:-) - over someone who is taking multiple images, mashing them in PhotoShop, then painting on them, and insisting that they are "street photography," and my insisting that they are not is "so last century." Swear to God! "So last century." Typed with big fingers on tiny keys -----Original Message----- From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:51:03 To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] How about this one? Absolutely, B.D!! I have been to too many portfolio reviews and installations where supposedly "documentary" photography is totally performance art and more about the photographer than the subjects. Mirrors instead of windows. Not documentary work!! Tina On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 2:45 PM, B. D. Colen <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: > Good for you, Tina. Too many people are turning documentary photography > into a cross between fashion photography and performance art. > Typed with big fingers on tiny keys > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org > Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:43:35 > To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] How about this one? > > I am very interested in that book and have ordered it. ?The > documentary tradition that I learned and have tried to apply is that > you change absolutely nothing for a photo. ?I never move anything, > never pose people, never even suggest that they do something over > again. ?If I'm lucky enough to get the photo the first time, fine. ?If > not, a reenactment does not qualify as documentary photography. ?The > reason I stay several days is so that people will forget that I'm > taking photographs and just go on about their lives. Sitting quietly > in a corner with an M camera and a Noctilux, I can be very boring and > unnoticeable. ?That's an advantage taking the photos but not promoting > them ;-) > > Tina > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote: >> Ted Grant wrote: >>>My job was to cover the event! Not make a journalistic statement or >>>political >> justification one way or the other! >> >> >> I agree that that's the ideal posture from a news perspective, but I >> wonder >> how easy it is to keep your emotions and your seeing separate. ?Here's a >> book that explores the question. I haven't read it yet but Errol Morris is >> a respected documentary filmmaker so I expect he's thought quite a bit >> about this. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Believing-Seeing-Observations-Mysteries-Photography/dp/1594203016/ref=pd_sim_b_4 >> >> >> -- >> Phil Swango >> 307 Aliso Dr SE >> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >> 505-262-4085 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information