Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison, Interesting viewpoint as I had lunch with Tom Johnson today. He showed me a picture of President Johnson grabbing his raincoat with McNamara and a group of Russians including the Soviet Premier and the head of the KGB. It ran on the front page of the NY Times with the head line of "President Johnson stops the press conference to confer with aide" The reality was that President Johnson was telling Tom that unless he stopped the d$%mn photographers from taking pictures he would go back inside. The news doesn't change. On 4/18/07, Harrison McClary <lists@mcclary.net> wrote: > > I have had these discussions with people often, and the one thing that > always comes to mind is the question...has the media ever really had > integrity? In the days of Hearst and Pulitzer it was called "Yellow > Journalism" anything sensational to sell a paper, 70 point head lines > and screaming kids with papers "READ ALL ABOUT IT" > > At least back then there were differing view points in the media. Now > most outlets are owned by a relatively few companies, and in many towns > only one paper, so there are few differing views out there, the truth > almost always lay somewhere in between what was reported in the > different papers, now you just get one. > > As a journalist you should strive to keep yourself separate from that > which you are covering, but simply deciding the angles and the moment > you snap the shutter tells a story and colors the image. > > A few weeks ago I covered President Bush in Chattanooga. In this first > image the real mood of the meeting came across, it was mostly a friendly > atmosphere: > > http://www.mcclary.net/cpg148/displayimage.php?album=34&pos=4 > > In this second photo it appears that it was confrontational, which it > was not: > > http://www.mcclary.net/cpg148/displayimage.php?album=34&pos=5 > > Note: I AM NOT making a political statement here, simply showing how > when one is making images at 1/250 of a second the moment is fleeting > and a fleeting moment taken out of context can shift perceptions with > pout there being ANY photo shop manipulation at all. > > Harrison. > > > > -- > Harrison McClary > Harrison McClary Photography > harrison@mcclary.net > http://www.mcclary.net > ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography > http://www.imagestocksouth.com > Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: > http://www.mcclary.net/blog > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com