tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140271370287834126.post4660765247279358337..comments2023-04-10T08:51:08.340-05:00Comments on The Creative Journey: What is modified? Part 1 - Saturationbyrononealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12905270228900951468noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140271370287834126.post-76941668931855893682008-04-14T10:43:00.000-05:002008-04-14T10:43:00.000-05:00This is a good topic for discussion. Let me offer ...This is a good topic for discussion. <BR/><BR/>Let me offer my own opinion (as a film photographer, nonetheless)<BR/><BR/>I think we should dismiss all distinctions and adopt an "anything goes" mentality. The definitions between what is "natural" and what is "artificial" in any medium, photography or otherwise, have become incomprehensible and no longer useful for the dialog between photographer and viewer.<BR/><BR/>Journalists still scramble for something called "honesty" and "integrity." But how is photoshopping different than in situ compositional choices? Is there any difference between pre, production, and post production? <BR/><BR/>If anything, the new complexities of the digital process have simplified the entire debate and allowed us to disregard the process and return to a place where we ask "what is this image? What does it say to me?" We return to a simple emotional relationship between photographer and viewer. <BR/><BR/>You give me images, I react to them . If you disregard the concept of "purity," how can there be any deceit?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142531014558516343noreply@blogger.com