Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andrew Yes, even in the framework of 1951 mores, that photo was a bit "over the top". Jerry Andrew Nemeth wrote: > > > overview nevertheless. On "part 4" there are also background details > > > on Ruth Orkin's faked (or should I say "hoax") "An American Girl in > > > Italy 1950". > > > > Interesting choice of words? Faked? Hoax? Why. Did those men not > > behave like > > that towards the woman coming past them? Certainly they did - it's > > there > > recorded on film. > > Or background on Ms Orkin's photo, read the relevant paragraphs in > Mr Mraz article at: > > <http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/articles/mraz/mraz04.html> > > See also the email discussion between Mr Mraz and John G. Morris at: > > <http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/articles/mraz/mailsmm.html> > > I think you will see there enough discussion to back up the assertion > that this image was heavily "directed". > > So why call it a fake or hoax? Because it pretends to be something it > is not. It pretends to be a spontaneous, slice of life shot of a woman > being harassed on a street in Rome, when it is actually a carefully > staged > tableaux of "actors" being directed by the photographer. In the > specific > case of the guys on the motor scooter, they were actually *paid* to > react > the way they did. > > None of this was noted anywhere when this rancid piece of anti-male > propaganda was published. It only came out (much) later. > > This is "truthful"? I think not. > > Regds, > > Andrew Nemeth > Blue Mountains NSW Australia > <http://nemeng.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