[Leica] re: charlotte observer fires dude for changing the sky

[bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)]

So let's all just say to hell with all standards and be done with it, right?
;-)


On 8/1/06 7:06 PM, "Bartphotog@aol.com" <Bartphotog@aol.com> wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 7/31/06 6:54:26 PM, don.dory@gmail.com writes:
> 
> << I am far more concerned with straight photography lying than changing 
> the
> 
> color of the sky.  We all know that access and viewpoint can make a lot of
> 
> difference in the story you tell if the editors will let you tell the story
> 
> you want.  Reference the NYTimes stories coming out of the Soviet Union in
> 
> the 20's and 30's saying all was well in the Ukraine when hundreds of
> 
> thousands were starving to death. >>
> 
> You're quite right, of course.  Photography has always been cabable of 
> being
> used to twist the truth;  it's just a bit easier now.   And I absolutely 
> agree
> that changing the sky color for visual impact - even assuming he was
> untruthful about just trying to restore the true color - is much less of a
> threat to 
> journalistic integrity than stuff, photos and otherwise, that gets printed
> every day in the mainstream media.
> 
> Bart 
> 
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