On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" > <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:50 AM > Subject: Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London] > > >> On 20/07/2011 9:34 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Getting in close can't be a new trend; I mean consider Robert Capa's >>> famous line--if you don't like your pictures, you're not close >>> enough--or something like that. >>> >> >> I suspect, in reality, he is talking about intellectual distance, not >> physical distance, which is what Capa was talking about (and probably what >> got him killed). >> I find if I am not at least somewhat intellectually connected to my subject, >> my pictures are complete crap rather than just mostly crap. > > > Writers establish what's called psychological distance between the work and > the reader primarily through point of view (language itself can contribute to > this)--1st, 2nd, 3rd person pov, and all the shades thereof. Through what > photographic technique does a photographer minimize or maximize intellectual > distance? Cheers, Christine
Simply by not becoming part of the photo. When the subject sees the camera and photographer, the nature of the encounter changes, and the subject reacts to the camera. When the camera and photographer are unobserved recorders of the scene, the true nature of the scenario is preserved. That's akin to a writer not injecting himself or herself into a story. Paul > > -- > 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. -- 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.
