Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/25/06, jkelly@fas.harvard.edu wrote:
I think that there is something smart about making this distinction, which I failed to do, but I'm not sure that it is one we usually make. If I state that my tree picture shows damage from acid rain, do I need a source for that? What level of interpretation are we comfortable with?
If anyone is disputing the fact that it's acid rain damage, you should find a source. If anyone is asking for a source just to be difficult, use your own judgment.
Seriously though, on FPC you'd be amazed by the number of misidentifications. Photographers who are not bird/lizard/animal experts frequently misidentify the subject of their shot. And for photos that are all about context, a source is even more important: a photo of a few hundred protestors tells you *nothing* unless you know roughly who they are, where they were, when it was, and what they were protesting about.
I like jkelly's extended example and your elucidation, even though it didn't mention snakes. With regard to the photo, I think it's espeically important to have a source given the artistic nature of the picture photographed and that their are no clear anti-semite indications included in it. And, of course, there's the small issue of photo-manipulation.
To me, the picture looks more like a cynical interpretation of the entire situration where everyone is making a deal with a devil, especially considering that the devil is wearing armbands of Nazis, the US, and the Israel flag and in writing you have "COUNTERFEIT JEWS". I could easily imagine Jews holding this at a peace rally, especially when you see it in context of an anti-capitalism sign held next to it and the anti-Iraq-war rally was in 2003, not this summer: http://www.zombietime.com/sf_rally_february_16_2003/
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