"Photographs aren't reality"? Your going to have to define what you consider reality to be, Marnie.
The subject of a photo is real. (I'm talking about a "traditional" photograph taken by a camera/lens onto a light-sensitive surface) The photo itself is most certainly real. Even if it has been manipulated or altered, it most certainly is a real, existing thing. Perhaps what you meant is that a photo is not always (or even "ever") a completely accurate portrayal of the subject? That certainly isn't the same as saying "photos aren't reality", because they are. It's fidelity to the photographed subject/event that's at issue. It's snowing and quite beautiful out. I'm going to go take photos now. They will be a representation/portrayal of reality, I assure you. ;-) Cheers, frank [email protected] wrote: >Of course it is. Photographs aren't reality. > >Cell phones and the fact everyone has cell phones with cameras now, >have >turned up quite a few police abuses in the news. Bystanders take >pictures. >With so MANY images out there now, a photojournalist is really taking a >crazy > risk altering a picture. > >Photographers know how much "reality" can be altered just by what they > >decide to include in the frame, even without Photoshopping, but that >isn't >really the issue. > >EVERYONE knows about Photoshopping, we are all subjected to craftily >photographed ads all the time. News agencies SHOULD have different >standards, if >they didn't, propaganda would be too darn easy. > >People need to trust they aren't being DELIBERATELY lied to. Or forget >new >agencies altogether and just assume/admit they are propaganda machines > >like any other Madison Ave ad company. > >Marnie > >In a message dated 1/23/2014 7:49:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: >The problem I see is that there's a basic assumption that the photons >entering the lens and recorded on the media somehow represent THE >TRUTH. I believe that assumption is flawed. > “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- 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.
