[Leica] Re: reportage was WOW!

["Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@hotmail.com>]

Well, actually, the root is literally "carry (portare) back (re-). In Sweden 
"reportage" is used for any news item, be it visual, written or oral. You 
can watch a "reportage" on the evening news, or read one in a magazine like 
Time, Newsweek or a daily newspaper (usually a little longer, not a "notis" 
(notice)). Everyone probably borrowed the word from the French (who gave it 
to us from Latin), so we'll have to wait for their verdict :) (They wouldn't 
have it any other way anyway, so we might as well leave the door open to 
them :) )

Daniel


>From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:  WOW!
>Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 16:40:39 +0200
>
>Well the root of the word has to do with news or gossip.Not to be confused
>with the similar sounding rap...which has it,s root  in sympathy or close
>relation.
>brgds  simon jessurun
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 4:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: WOW!
>
>
> > B. D. Colen
> >
> > > No. At least not in my hardly-humble-opinion. I cannot for the life of
>me
> > > see why they won a prize for "reportage." On the other hand, what the
>hell
> > > is "reportage?" I never see the word used anywhere but in Leica ads 
>and
> > > websites.<<<<
> >
> > Hi B.D.,
> > The word "reportage" was a regularly used word for many years to 
>describe
> > photo story, photo essay, documentary  and generally accepted as
> > photojournalism with a different name. But primarily in Europe.
> >
> > The winner's photography could hardly be called "reportage" along the
>lines
> > of the good old days of Paris Match, LIFE, LOOK and many other
> > photojournalistic type magazines of the past. Or if they still exist 
>don't
> > use 12 pages of "reportage photography" in any one edition.
> >
> > Today, "Gotta make the big advertising bucks!" So the quality of 
>reportage
>/
> > photojournalism work is down sized to one or two pictures and rarely a 
>two
> > page photo layout.
> >
> > Maybe some of our European members can offer something about the
>"reportage"
> > word as used in that part of the world today.
> >
> > ted
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