Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/12

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Subject: [Leica] Staged photos
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Wed May 12 06:57:13 2004
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It if were faked photojournalism, then I have a problem. Other than that, I 
think he has some artistic freedom, much like an artist painting something 
that doesn't exist or a novelist writing about something that doesn't 
exist. I didn't always feel this way (it seemed like cheating).

Jeffery


At 08:46 AM 5/12/2004, you wrote:
>Do you guys feel the same about Doisneau's Kiss at the Hotel de Ville, 
>which was famously a set-up. (Why do people use the word "fake" I wonder?)
>
>I remember a lot of people were outraged at the time that the set-up was 
>confirmed, but it doesn't make any difference to me. It's still a great 
>photo that captures a moment.
>
>P.
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