Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Photojournalistic integrity and masking
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:31:03 -0700

Eric Welch wrote:
> 
> At 09:00 PM 9/15/99 -0700, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> >And I wasn't saying what Time did was OK. It just wasn't a good example of
> >computer manipulation: A dark print!
> 
> But it is a good example of what is WRONG with computer manipulation.
> There's a lot right with it. But for journalistic purposes, moving pyramids
> and darkening skin tones are one in the same. Unethical.
> 
> Eric Welch

I agree. And it's interesting how this started out (Photojournalism) with images
seen through cut out key holes and so on.
Mark Rabiner