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Subject: [Leica] The latest about Photo ethics in a war zone
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:12:45 -0000
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Sadly, I'd guess it was ever so, Geoff.
I dare say direction (and manipulation) occurs more often in more intimate 
situations than larger gatherings. The one on one appeal "Ah g'wan, do this 
for the shot!" impacts more. Not for nothing do they say the first victim of 
war is the truth.

Douglas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] The latest about Photo ethics in a war zone


> So it is quite OK to artificially set up a shot by getting the combatant 
> to
> pose dramatically at very close range right next to the media foxhole
> equipped with video and stills equipment plus at least two journalists.
> That is 'real' but cloning out the video equipment is not????
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 26 January 2014 03:53, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> He should have used one of the new trees available in CC. Perhaps with
>> Happy Vines?
>> :-/
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:46 AM, Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > So much for photorealism -- even in a war zone.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/22/22406204-ap-severs-ties-with-pulitzer-winning-photographer-for-ethics-breach?lite
>> >
>> >
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