Monday, January 25, 2010

Do photographs lie or do photographers?


There is an interesting case lately of a nature photographer being stripped of a prestigious award for having staged an image. You can read more about this here. In the end what is the difference between how a tame wolf jumps and how a wild wolf jumps? Should we take the photographer's words about a photograph as truth? Does the photograph validate what the photographer has to say about the work? What are we to believe when both the photographer and the photograph can lie?

Chad

1 comment:

David said...

The truth is always the best way to present yourself. If the work is actual, so state it. If artificial, state that as well. If the work is good and represented truthfully it will stand on its own merits.