Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/16

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Subject: [Leica] Re: screaming children meet john
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue Sep 16 16:11:09 2008
References: <40FA2CEF-4194-44C7-A595-5CCA9B8AB469@mac.com> <002c01c91849$3ab96e80$80f510ac@chris0436b6050> <C40DB02D-17FA-48C2-8B84-649ADA37A5A4@embarqmail.com> <200809162247.BAH09780@rg5.comporium.net>

My question is NOT about Greenberg, whose stuff I do not care for.

My question is about who REALLY thinks portraiture is about neutrality?

ric


On Sep 16, 2008, at 6:47 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

>  Jill Greenberg deliberately used unflattering lighting and editing,  
> even adding a monkey to a photo, to portray McCain in a biased way.   
> If she wants to do that for "art", that's her prerogative, but it  
> has no place on the cover of the Atlantic Monthly unless they are  
> covering her art exhibit.  It's certainly not photojournalism.


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