Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not necessarilly arguing for rigidity, Henry - depending upon what we call manipulation. But are you really saying that you can't understand why people expect a different standard in photography and painting? How about the fact that photographs are generally thought to be accurate representations of reality - paintings, with rare exception, are not. Photos are thought to show us what IS in a given instant; paintings show us what was in the mind of the artist. And so on. I am not arguing that photos tell the truth, or that there are not photos that are representations of what is on/in the mind of the photographer. All I am saying is that it is very easy to understand why people apply a "higher" standard to photographs. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henry Ting Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:43 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV Cameras, films, enlargers, developers, darkroom manipulations are all tools for photography. Just like a painter with brush, canvas and paint. They all started with a clear sheet of blank medium. So why photography has to be rigidly controlled as to what is ethical or not. - --- Eric <ericm@pobox.com> wrote: > B.D.: > > >it's okay to manipulate the bejayzus out of an > image...as > >long as you do it in the darkroom? ;-) > > I don't believe it ethical to do any manipulations > beyond that which > presents the photo as the photographer envisions it, > regardless of whether > done in the darkroom or in photoshop. :) > > > Eric > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html