[WikiEN-l] cameras and point of view

[Eric Demolli]

POV =  point of view.

Read carefully, everything is in the words. Obviously a photo has a POV.

Ericd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Saintonge" <saintonge at telus.net>
To: <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 3:47 AM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] cameras and point of view


> Toby Bartels wrote:
> 
> >Tannin wrote in part:
> >
> >>The
> >>selection of a photograph, *any* photograph is in itself a statement
> >>about the subject, often a much more powerful statement than you can
> >>fit into the caption or the body text.
> >>
> >
> >That's why photography is (or can be) *art*.
> >
> That's why Yossuf Karsh's portrait of Winston Churchill has become so 
> famous.  The United Nations photo-montage "The Family of Man" (ca. 1960) 
> is in this league.
> 
> Ec
> 
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