That's a problem with the caption, not with the photograph. B
> On 24 Jan 2014, at 22:04, "John Coyle" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tom is absolutely right. Some years ago a photograph taken in Iraq and > widely circulated was > described as illustrating a British soldier "pointing his weapon at a young > girl's head". In fact, > even a cursory glance showed that the weapon was some feet away from the girl > and pointing well to > the left of her, while slung from the soldier's arm or shoulder. The angle > between the photographer > and the girl allowed a completely false interpretation to be made of the > facts. > I find the fuss being made over trivial alterations such as this case to be > rather precious: our > local newspaper will add to a caption - "This photograph has been digitally > altered", with an > explanation as to how or why, if necessary. > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom C > Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014 3:34 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping > > John wrote: > >> Photojournalism is not about THE TRUTH, it's about accurately >> representing what is in front of the camera. The viewer can find their >> own truth. > > In that case I find the underlying principles to be deeply flawed. An > unaltered photograph can do > just as much misleading as an altered one can. > > Tom C. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
