---- William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that universities have a lot to answer for. > > William Robb
Indeed. Satan is not blue, as any fule no. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Graydon" > Subject: Re: Ethics of Manipulation (was: Re: Perspective control > (was:PESO:Church tower)) > > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:51:20AM +0100, AlunFoto scripsit: > >> A photograph is never more trustworthy than the photographer who took it. > > > > Oh, the Great Blue Satan sodomize their nostrils with the frozen corpses > > of rats. > > > > Everybody lives in a construct their brain makes out of sensory > > impressions and history and an element of happenstance; it's not an > > objective reality. > > > > Truth is a statement of belief about the contents of that constructed > > reality. > > > > Facts are those things than can be repeatably agreed on without > > reference to any specific person or person's constructed reality. > > > > Even intent to deceive is not altogether improper; suspension of > > disbelief is a legitimate goal when you're trying to convey emotion. > > Doesn't matter if the facial expression in the picture title "Hope" was > > brought on by the smell of coffee, actual hope, or the fleeting > > awareness that the drugs were kicking in and the suicide should be > > successful. > > > > People take things based on the Pirate Rule -- AARR, for authority, > > apriority, repetition, and rigour. A photograph can get to all of > > those, but the photographer can never entirely predict what it's going > > to do, because the observer matters. > > > > To say the photographer is entirely responsible is too much; the > > observer owns their own head. To say that the photographer is never > > responsible is too much, too; they have intent and craft and striving in > > there, in whatever degree. > > > > The craft and the striving can get into the realm of facts; the intent > > and the art, if art there be, can't get there. And that's OK. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
