[WikiEN-l] cameras and point of view

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sat May 17 01:47:19 UTC 2003


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.

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