Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] Picture of the Year Controversy
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:57:04 -0700
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The folks from the the "Spanish Village", shot in 1951, are still  
peeved at W. Eugene Smith for misrepresenting them.
S.d.


On Apr 20, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> At 04:53 PM 4/20/2009, you wrote:
>> From my experience with photojournalism, that is an approach rarely,
>> if ever taken.
>> The woman needs to be told what her experience is. The further the
>> outside voice is from her frame of reference, the more authentic the
>> message, and subtext.
>
> I agree.  When I take photos back to give to the people that I've  
> stayed with and photographed, they don't recognize themselves.   
> Neighbors have to crowd around to affirm - yes, that is you and  
> that is your house.  It take awhile before they begin to see  
> themselves in the photo.
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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