tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27557058.post2564798063948917462..comments2024-01-18T05:34:40.549-07:00Comments on Behind The Lens: Reportage Vs. ArtGeorge Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745541057122821349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27557058.post-11579953737171499932007-12-13T01:56:00.000-07:002007-12-13T01:56:00.000-07:00Meantime John Lehet has taken up the same topic. I...Meantime John Lehet has taken up the same topic. I really like a comment of David Bostedo there:<BR/><A>http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2007/12/reality-and-pho.html#comment-93291910</A>.Voidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098871547429217338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27557058.post-53238454981961248532007-12-12T13:09:00.000-07:002007-12-12T13:09:00.000-07:00I really like the title of this entry.You are righ...I really like the title of this entry.<BR/><BR/>You are right. Probably nobody expects the mentioned photography to show an angel. Still I like it.<BR/>The problem arises when the receiver of Your art expects to see something real and instead gets Your dream vision. Then he goes the same place and is disappointed.<BR/><BR/>The distinction between reportage and art is even more important when You participate in competition like World Press Photo. I consider there as unethical not only scenes with edited elements, but even "staged" ones.<BR/><BR/>There are different expectations for different situations. When somebody presents an art I don't care what he did to get the result (although sometimes I am curious). The situation changes when I see a photo assisting an article. If that one was changed to present for example twice as many people on meeting with president candidate I feel cheated. The difference is whether we want to show something what looks good (that's nothing bad in it, at all), or we want to tell a story.<BR/><BR/>The mental connection between a photography and a reportage is a result of photography being the most reliable way of registering reality. It is allowed in court rooms as an evidence. It is the only art capable of doing it.<BR/>Of course photography has also a second (or even first) face which is similar to painting.<BR/><BR/>My conclusion is that I admire good results whether they are edited or not, but the threshold of acceptable changes should depend on a context. It's obviously not a mathematic formula, but a case of morality.Voidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098871547429217338noreply@blogger.com