John P. Why is that sad? How could journalistic photography be anything but illustration designed to support the text? Why publish anything without a point of view? Bias is important to critical thought. This is a neat book about photo journalism: News Art: Manipulated Photographs from the Burns Archive AZ LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround E-Book 5ed. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Re: NY Times blog > From: John Palcewski <palcewski@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, October 26, 2009 11:52 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > The sad thing is that the Times series hints that photographic "truth" was > subject to manipulation from the beginning, mostly driven by a desire to > make money or suit some editorial or political purpose. > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:43 AM, <lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Lea and John P, > > > > Thanks for the NYT series URL. > > > > There is a scenic stream my large format pals are fond of shooting that > > has some stones that seem to magically change position over time. Thy > > also hate utility lines and spend hours deleting them. Such fraud > > shouldn't be tolerated! > > > > It is a wonder in these cynical, digi-times how many still think photos > > are anything but illustrations. > > On the negative side, I often wonder about what will happen when the > > cultural memory of film is so dimmed the original photo mystique > > regarding "truth" and, to me, a large component of photographic art is > > lost. > > > > AZ > > > > LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 > > Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! > > The Lookaround E-Book 5ed. > > http://www.panoramacamera.us > > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > Subject: [SPAM] NY Times blog > > > From: Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Date: Sat, October 24, 2009 2:02 pm > > > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > > > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > I have found the first six parts of this seven part blog series > > > absolutely fascinating. > > > You may have to be a NY Times subscriber to access it (I am one so I'm > > > not sure if this will work if you aren't one). It is worth subscribing > > > to just for this article, I believe. > > > > > http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/the-case-of-the-inappropriate-alarm-clock-part-1/ > > > It's been illuminating. To say the least. > > > Lea > > > babies. they're what i do. > > > www.leamurphy.com > > > >
