Re: PF exhibits 17-JUL-04

[John Palcewski <palcewski@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you're going to critique a critique, at least you ought to read it more 
carefully.   I clearly said:  "...it looks like a bunch of soldiers standing 
around talking."  I also said, in reference to the image, "...I presume the 
kneeling figures are examining a body, but it's not at all clear."  As 
photojournalism this image fails because it--with or without a caption or 
cutline--conveys nothing of significance.

John Palcewski
Forio d' Ischia, Italia

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> Sorry, I should have titled it "After the Gunfight". And yes, they are
> examining the bodies and this was taken right after that last gunshot. I 
> guess I
> never pay that much attention to titles. I am not good at titles, but now I
> realize the importance of them. Despite the poor title, I didn't see any 
> comments
> about the actual image which is what I would have expected to have gotten.
> Also, keep in mind that this is a title and not an actual caption which 
> would give
> more details.
>
> << Leslie Spurlock, Gunfight (Haiti: Feb/Mar 04)  The caption says 
> gunfight,
>  but it looks more like a bunch of soldiers standing around talking.  I
>  presume the kneeling figures are examining a body, but it's not at all
>  clear.  Here's a case where the caption makes a promise about the image 
> that
>  it just doesn't keep.  I don't get any sense of "gunfight" at all.
>   >>

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