Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Shakleton Photos Faked
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sun Aug 22 12:09:17 2004
References: <20040822182003.14866.qmail@web50507.mail.yahoo.com>

Don't tell Kyle or we'll have women suspended in mid-air!

AB

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:20:03 -0400 (EDT), Emanuel Lowi
<lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Remember too that there was a tradition of photo
> humbuggery established before the days of yellow
> journalism. There were pictures haunted with ghosts &
> people posed with props or dressed up in strangers
> clothes, for effect.
> 
> Exposure times were long and the gear cumbersome --
> none of this zippy whiz-bang digital ease, eh ;-)
> 
> So they made sure the picture looked "right," even
> though it was "wrong." Plus ?a change...
> 
> Emanuel Lowi
> Montreal
> 
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