Or the supposed staging of the flag being planted at Iwo Jima scene. It was rumored to have been a smaller flag at first then the photographer staged it with a bigger flag and other changes.
On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > Just viewed a Netflix series of great producer/director staging of scenes in > war II movies shot at government request. > As John states nothing new here. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Northeast" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Controversy around McCurry > > > >> Are McCurry's efforts as bad as this one? >> >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/030409.htm >> >> Philip Northeast >> >> www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au >> >> On 6/4/17 1:26 pm, John Sessoms wrote: >>> >>> Doesn't seem to me any of the images he's accused of manipulating were >>> represented as "photojournalism". His photos that were represented as >>> "photojournalism" were not manipulated. >>> >>> The Afghan girl's photo was not manipulated when originally published in >>> National Geographic. That he might want to clean it up subsequently when >>> selling it as a poster doesn't bother me. >>> >>> One could reasonably argue that all travel portraits, including the >>> Afghan girl are "staged". >>> >>> I think the kind of "staging" he's being accused of has been common >>> practice from the invention of photography. It really wasn't an issue >>> back in film days. Seems to me it only became an issue when digital made >>> fakery possible for the average snap-shooter. The porter is actually >>> standing there with the suitcases on his head. Whether they were full or >>> empty at the time is to me beside the point. >>> >>> Much ado about nothing ... or at least about very little. >>> >>> On 4/5/2017 21:17, Igor PDML-StR 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. -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- 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.
