Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]She's never claimed to be a photo journalist. She is an editorial, or an advertorial, and an advertising photographer. Though, in my opinion, anyone working for an "advertiser", as originally articulated by the Framers, is outside the freedom of the press umbrella. s.d. On Sep 16, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 06:38 PM 9/16/2008, you wrote: >> Are your wedding pictures "neutral," or do you try to present your >> subjects in a special and positive manner? >> >> Total honesty might not go over all that well;^) >> >> Ric > > > Jill Greenberg calls herself the Manipulator on her own website. > That's fine for "art" but not so good for photojournalism. Patrick > Schneider was fired from the Charlotte Observer for increasing the > saturation on a photo of firemen fighting a fire. Jill Greenberg > deliberately used unflattering lighting and editing, even adding a > monkey to a photo, to portray McCain in a biased way. If she wants > to do that for "art", that's her prerogative, but it has no place > on the cover of the Atlantic Monthly unless they are covering her > art exhibit. It's certainly not photojournalism. There have been > too many blurring of the lines lately and this is the worst I've seen. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information