>Well I suppose we would have to define what 'lie' means in the sense of a
camera.
snip
>The 'camera' has no soul of its own. As such it is not truthful or a liar
any more than a brush, >pencil or clay. I don't think a photographer has the
right to claim the '...approach to nature in a >spirit of inquiry, of
communion...' any more than the painter or sculptor. It isn't the tool or
>medium that creates the art. It's the human perspective and talent
directing available tools and >mediums.
>-Mickey
My camera lies all the time. Worst of all it even lies to me. I tell it what
to do, it agrees, then goes and does its own thing anyway. It tilts the
horizon when I had it straight, it includes things in the background that
weren't there, it changes the colors to suit itself.... It not only lies, it
mutilates, people even, even commits murder - cuts off peoples feet and
sometimes even their heads. My camera is so bad I sometimes think it is
beyond hope. The only time it tells the truth is when I use it for self
portrait. I can't make it lie then for the life of me, which is why you've
never seen one of those yet.
Wayne
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