I'm puzzled by the fact that concern for "photographic truth" seems to be on the increase. I'm tired of hearing media reports that claim to be "shocked, shocked" at "faked" images. I'm also tired of reading that an exhibition "examines a contemporary notion of photographic reality," as a review in this month's Aperture Magazine claims.
Is it that the folks who write about such things do so in an overly-complicated manner? Let me be clear, then:
There is no photographic truth. There never has been. It does not matter. Let it go. Now go make some pictures.
Voices from the Sit In on Television
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[image: Voices from the Sit In poster]
My short documentary Voices from the Sit In is on the TV tonight.
You can watch the film on Mississippi Public B...
2 years ago
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