Re: The morality of taking a photograph

[Mat Maessen]

I think, taken in context, that the critic's comment was more intended 
to convey the mood that Avedon made in the portraits, which made no 
pretense that his father was, quite literally, wasting away. Definitely 
an unflattering portrayal of the subject, but still a portrait, nonetheless.

-Mat (getting off topic here)

Lewis Matthew wrote:
From: Mat Maessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The classic example that I use is Richard Avedon's portraits of his 
father. As one critic described it, he "murdered his own father with 
the camera."
Then it is apparent that the 'critic' didn't read the text that went 
with the photographs.