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All photos regardless of the source are a corruption of reality both semantically and technically speaking. I think they should always be used on a case by cas

by hughrr 5y ago

All photos regardless of the source are a corruption of reality both semantically and technically speaking. I think they should always be used on a case by case basis with corroborating evidence.

iamacyborg 5y ago
I recall reading a lot of fantastic essays on the “reality” of photos when I studied photography at A Level. I’ll have to see if I can dig stuff up, but I recall there being a lot of controversy surrounding posing of bodies in early war photography.
- roywiggins 5y ago
  Probably the most famous one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Soldier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Soldier
  - iamacyborg 5y ago
    That one definitely but I was thinking of Alexander Gardner’s Home of a rebel sharpshooter.