Yeah, I followed this one and read that article last year. It's very interesting to me because a lot of folks do and have done what Steve did, with the main difference being that their work didn't end up in NatGeo -- a publication with some very strong and specific guidelines about what they will publish.
For instance, there's lots of love for Elliot Erwitt here. I only recently learned that he often staged his shots. The prime example given was the French boy on a bicycle with a couple of baguettes, which he apparently setup with the help of a couple of friends. http://www.hlphotogallery.com/sites/default/files/HLphoto_Elliott_Erwitt_Provence_France_Boy_Bicycle%26Baguette.jpg Does this make him any less of a photographer or the image any less iconic? Does Steve McCurry's set up shots make him less of a photographer or the images any less iconic? We're all taught how to make our images stand out and get noticed, and both these figures were doing just that. Unfortunately for him, Steve broke some rules imposed by NatGeo. I still love his work. On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 9:17 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This was happening last year, but I didn't see it. > As far as I can tell, it was not discussed here. So, for those, who like > myself missed it completely. > Apparently, people discovered quite a few digital manipulations as well as > "staging" of the photos by Steve McCurry. > https://petapixel.com/2016/06/07/eyes-afghan-girl-critical-take-steve-mccurry-scandal/ > (and links therein) > > Enjoy! > > Igor > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
