Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]World Press winners in a lot more categories than "man's inhumanity to man" <http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php? option=com_photogallery&task=blogsection&id=19&Itemid=224&bandwidth=high > Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Aug 29, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > > On Aug 29, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> The judges are only interested in photos showing "man's >> inhumanity to man". > > that's a good point Jerry, straightforward, likely true......if > that is all they want, so be it... > > > but a penny, even a mangled one, has two sides... > > there must be an effective way to make this point in a more > subtle , auspicious, constructive manner... > > > it may be more palatable, inspiring, ultimately more effective as > well... > > > Steve > > >> >> Jerry >> >> >> Steve Barbour wrote: >>> On Aug 29, 2009, at 2:06 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: >>> >>>> Same thoughts and questions came to my mind. >>>> "The Concerned Photographer" >>>> <http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/concerned.html> >>>> and the book from 1968 >>>> <http://www.amazon.com/Concerned-Photographer-Photographs- >>>> Bischof-Kertesz/dp/B000BYG608/ref=sr_1_1? >>>> ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251579457&sr=1-1> >>>> certainly attempt to answer the question. >>>> >>>> I suspect that the answer rests in >>>> how much real and quality time >>>> the photographer spends >>>> with their subject(s). >>>> >>>> Whether one captures only the "horror" >>>> or >>>> the humanity and story within the situation >>>> will depend on the depth of one's "concern" >>>> and the time devoted to the subject. >>>> The difference between the isolated grab shot >>>> of a homeless person on the street >>>> and the photo essay about that same person, >>>> photographed over weeks or months, >>>> including discussions with them, >>>> will appear in the photographs. >>> >>> yes George, I totally agree, these issues rattled my own mind, >>> as I struggled with my photos of children in the hospital, for >>> "I never wanted to be famous"... >>> >>> how to make visible, and compassionately advocate for things that >>> may not be entirely "easy"... unhappy things that you >>> >>> wish to explore and honor... >>> >>> there are many such studies of poverty, hunger, disease, and >>> war... that come to mind. >>> >>> It's all a question of respect...certainly Tina Manley, Ted >>> Grant, Sandy Carter images come often to my mind. >>> >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> George Lottermoser >>>> george at imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>> >>>> On Aug 29, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>> >>>>> the caring photojournalist as agent for change, as advocate for >>>>> the downtrodden... >>>>> >>>>> how best to work in this direction by showing images of good, >>>>> of the positive... >>>>> >>>>> examples? >>>>> >>>>> in lieu of the monstrously bad...? >>>> >>>> >>>> _ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > warm regards, Steve > steve.barbour at gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information