> > How do we alter the human condition for the better if we hide the > parts of the condition that can be improved on from the light of day? > > > > William Robb > > Has the human condition improved since the invention of photography or > worsened? Not making a correlation at all. Just food for thought.
photography & photographers have no more (or less) obligation to change the world than any other activity or practitioners. In the context of art, which is where the discussion began, people can photograph anything they want, and they don't have to justify it except by the resulting work itself (it should be good, in some way which I can't define). In the context of journalism, or documentary or reportage or whatever, it should be news. That's all. In the context of travel photography it should tell you something about the place. I had an argument in India with a Brahmin who tried to stop me photographing beggars outside the Jaganarth temple in Puri, and wanted me to photograph only the beautiful parts of India. Bloody idiot. In the context of advocacy or campaigning, it should be effective. B -- 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.
