Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/15

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Murillo's
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:42:59 -0600
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What is the "purpose" of the "edit?"

Are you (or someone else) editing for:
1) best photographs
2) best documents of a particular place and time
3) best documents of mothers
4) best documents of family life
5) best photographs for a book about what?
or ?

As we all know
almost everything about the art and craft of photography
ultimately depends on subjective decisions.

Each editor will approach the job with subjective biases:
aesthetic biases
social biases
political biases
photographic biases
marketing biases
and more biases

Like any other work;
experience matters.
I have no doubt that Maggie Steber
has a very experienced eye for photo editing.
Yet, one may ask, editing for what purpose?
Market segment? Publications? Fine Art books? Other?

Will her edit express what you want to express about the subject(s)?
about your self? about your work? other issues?

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Feb 15, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:

> how do you define   "a worthwhile critic"  ?
>
>
> does it have to do with what your opinion is, or is because you are  
> paid for it?



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