Cameras don't have a point of view?
Think about it, huh?
(Hint: that's what "point of view" *means* - a place from where you look at things, which is not the same as looking at things from any other place or at any other time. And it is *not* just an analogy: 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.)
Tony Wilson (Tannin)
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
POV = point of view.
Read carefully, everything is in the words. Obviously a photo has a POV.
Ericd
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Saintonge" saintonge@telus.net To: wikien-l@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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