Posted on 04/02/2003 10:44:49 AM PST by hemogoblin
On Monday, March 31, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page photograph that had been altered in violation of Times policy. The primary subject of the photo was a British soldier directing Iraqi civilians to take cover from Iraqi fire on the outskirts of Basra. After publication, it was noticed that several civilians in the background appear twice.
The photographer, Brian Walski, reached by telephone in southern Iraq, acknowledged that he had used his computer to combine elements of two photographs, taken moments apart, in order to improve the composition. Times policy forbids altering the content of news photographs.
See the photos here: http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-ednote_blurb.blurb
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
So you agree that the perception of the photograph is important. Good. Now can you understand that how you perceive the picture ('Hey, that's nice composition.') is different from how many people will perceive the picture ('Hey, why is he threating the poor guy with the kid? Good God, no wonder these people hate us!').
In any event I think this post is stale now, and I don't think we'll change each other's minds (although you did acknowledge the importance of perception).
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