Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/14
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Eric,
I agree. Absolutely. There is no necessary, mutual exclusion here.
HCB is often called a photojournalist, but he's also a great artist.
Art Peterson
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Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] Totally false?? HCB and l'instant dTcisif
Author: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internet
Date: 1/14/99 9:13 AM
>A news
> photograph may convey some expression (e.g., the sadness on the faces
> of victims), but it is likely to be no more than the straightforward,
> limited expressions of the subjects (e.g., the people in the picture)
> the photographer was concerned with depicting.
The best news photographers are as concerned with form as artists,
sometimes more! Sebastiao Salgado talks about using the beauty of a
photograph to attract the viewer, and then while studying the beautiful
photograph, catching the message. Which may not be so beautiful.
Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
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