Comments on: Photography After The Fact – A Glance And A Stare http://www.photographworks.com/2009/10/03/photography-after-the-fact-a-glance-and-a-stare/ Photography + Nikon Tests + Reviews + Photoshop + Lightroom + Mac + Aperture + iPhoto Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.photographworks.com/2009/10/03/photography-after-the-fact-a-glance-and-a-stare/comment-page-1/#comment-622 admin Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:24:18 +0000 http://www.photographworks.com/?p=820#comment-622 Thank you for the comment. I don't think war photography runs foul of what I said. I suspect most people would say - "...go ahead, tell the world, and the sooner the better". And Dorothea Lange's photos showed the dignity of the people she photographed, so again I don't think the there is a problem. I was thinking more of the observed as someone who is being made laughable or made a fool of. Thank you for the comment.

I don’t think war photography runs foul of what I said. I suspect most people would say – “…go ahead, tell the world, and the sooner the better”.

And Dorothea Lange’s photos showed the dignity of the people she photographed, so again I don’t think the there is a problem.

I was thinking more of the observed as someone who is being made laughable or made a fool of.

]]> By: Ilan http://www.photographworks.com/2009/10/03/photography-after-the-fact-a-glance-and-a-stare/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Ilan Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:37:22 +0000 http://www.photographworks.com/?p=820#comment-621 Interesting observation - "a photograph is a prolonged stare". That actually puts my 'cloud' of thoughts into an easy, short sentence. On the other hand, I'm still not sure I agree with - "[if]... the person being photographed would be outraged, that is the time to say no" - That will cancel out almost any kind of "War photography" and many of the great photos that made Dorothea Lange so famous. As a photographer your calling is to try to show other what they have missed in a fleeting second in life. Sometimes the subject might object to that (and sometimes we make the photo 'lie' about the truth) but the story must be told. SOME rules I agree with. Underage children not aware of how some of their actions might be interpret by society (running naked on the beach, for example) but except that, I don't think that something might or should stop us. (I'm intentionally not saying anything about "National security" etc. ) Interesting observation – “a photograph is a prolonged stare”.
That actually puts my ‘cloud’ of thoughts into an easy, short sentence.

On the other hand, I’m still not sure I agree with – “[if]… the person being photographed would be outraged, that is the time to say no” – That will cancel out almost any kind of “War photography” and many of the great photos that made Dorothea Lange so famous.

As a photographer your calling is to try to show other what they have missed in a fleeting second in life. Sometimes the subject might object to that (and sometimes we make the photo ‘lie’ about the truth) but the story must be told.

SOME rules I agree with. Underage children not aware of how some of their actions might be interpret by society (running naked on the beach, for example) but except that, I don’t think that something might or should stop us.
(I’m intentionally not saying anything about “National security” etc. )

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