Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:55 PM 11/4/2003 -0700, you wrote: >There are now many cases where violence is orchestrated for the press. The >press is told where to be and, presto, spontaneous violence of an >irresistibly photogenic nature occurs. Presumably if the press didn't show >much of it might not happen. > >Some would like to say there is a difference between the two above >scenarios and others of us have a great deal of difficulty seeing any >difference at all. > >John Collier John - You are making my point. For documentary or news photographs, I do not participate when my presence is going to make a difference. When I see people performing for the camera or changing their behavior because I am taking photographs, I put the camera down. I haven't had to do this often because I try to be unnoticed from the beginning, but if I notice that people are performing for me, I stop taking photographs and sit quietly until I'm forgotten. Staged photographs are just that - staged. Any photographer who would photograph a staged event as actual news, rather than make it clear that it was staged because the camera is there, is being dishonest. Several newspaper photographers have gotten in trouble for doing just this. The distinction should always be made if photographs are directed or manipulated. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com http://www.pdiphotos.com http://www.workbookstock.com http://www.newscom.com http://www.americanphotojournalist.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html