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04/25/2005 06:14:07 PM · #1 |
I am wondering what the feedback is on staging a photo or waiting for a real life moment. Ansel Adams was fond of saying "I don't take pictures, I make them." The recent sale of a photo for $200,000 USD was also a fake or staged. (Robert Doisneau's classic photograph of a couple kissing outside Paris city hall). Even before a Photographer takes a photo outside they wait for the right moment. E.g. light, shadows, objects, other elements. Or they come back another time when the situation is at its photo best.
Is this the same as using filters or fancy lens to create an image. Aren't we all maniupulating the shot in some way. In the end its not a "candid moment" in time, its a prepared moment in time, so we can look and feel good about our photography. I am sure that there are many examples of staged scenarios in history, where the artist created a situation that later became well known.
By the way I don't mind editing a photo on the spot to create the very best shot. If the subject is willing, so am I. |
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04/25/2005 06:23:44 PM · #2 |
if you can document a concept - and relay that concept to a viewer - you have a succeeded as a photographer whether it's staged or not.
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04/25/2005 06:32:09 PM · #3 |
To me the idea of photography is to share a feeling with the viewer. If you successfully convey the feeling, I don't think it matters wether it was staged or not.
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04/25/2005 06:43:43 PM · #4 |
When truth becomes scarce or obscured, I hope someone will stage it. At least, then, all those who cannot see it when it's under their nose will have no choice but to wonder what the hell it was they paid money for.
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04/25/2005 06:48:46 PM · #5 |
There is a difference between Photojournalism (where you are supposed to document events NOT stage them) and art. In one staging is a no no, in the other anything goes really. Even then the distinction is not that clear. When you are shooting an event you are only capturing a few milliseconds of the action...does that document the truth or just the truth during those millisconds...So I'd agree with you that even then there is some degree of staging or editing...
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