I saw this post this morning…
So many points to pick up on. On one hand, there is the statement I adhere to which is photography is art, the end result which is shown to the public is precisely what the artist intended. Thus, the images of new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson must be what was intended, therefore we shouldn’t criticize the photographer, especially when it’s Annie Leibovitz, right?
Okay, well yes. There’s a but though isn’t there. A pretty big one. When the photographer is a documentary photographer, or photographing in a documentary environment then art goes out the window? Are you with me?
There are far too many stories of photographers working documentary style, who’ve embellished the shot with extra explosions, smoke, death etc. This isn’t acceptable. This leads to being discovered and then a further erosion of citizens trust in the media.
Regarding the controversy over these pictures, does it boil down to whether these are art pictures or documentary style pictures?
I’ll leave the discussion on “exposure for extreme dark and light and the 18% grey” for another day.
Comments?
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