[Leica] Photoshopping for Truth? (and a sneaky real estate FS Friday)

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

NO photo is the TRUTH--NOT ONE. At best it is a statement of the 
photographers perception of reality.

We sell our perception of an event--our trustworthiness-our appeal as 
artists.

There are people with the skills to produce that picture from scratch 
without a camera. We've allowed commercial art on news covers forever. If 
the identical picture were produced without camera, would it be okay?

Any photographer who thinks they are presenting reality forgets what they 
hold in their hands and and the power their brain and eyes exert over their 
equipment.

ric


On Jul 6, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> This altered photo is not the truth