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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Chop and Crop - What do you think?

In this short September 17th essay, photojournalist, David Hume Kennerly, a former contributing editor of Newsweek, expresses his thoughts about how one of his recent photos of former Vice President, Dick Cheney, was cropped.  This story was featured in Lens, the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, which according to the website, presents, "... the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting — photographs, videos and slide shows."  Read this online essay and be prepared to discuss it.  If you are registered for the blog, you may post your comments here. 
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Posted by Mrs. Messman

4 comments:

  1. Mrs. MessmanSeptember 21, 2009 at 8:34 AM

    I understand where David's comment is coming from. He took a photo in one context and it was used for another. The wording seemed to imply a negative message, too.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    This is a fine axaple of how easily things get twisted.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 10:49 AM

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  4. Keyleen M.September 21, 2009 at 10:50 AM

    Yes the cropping of David's image changes the meaning of its real purpose and in a way the part of the image that was used gives it a somewhat sinister out look and gives the reader or viewer a more negative thought of what the image or story with the image is about.

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