Not necessarily ... it might be a flattering portrait but still fail as a photograph on other grounds. Example: one of my earliest photos was of a young, blonde child in her mother's arms. It still moves me to this day. But it was a failure on so many technical grounds ... way over exposed, slightly out of focus, poor printing and darkroom technique. Yet, while the photo did flatter the child, it is one that I'd "condemn" on technical grounds, and it is one that I've never shown publicly.
Raimo Korhonen wrote: > I fail to see the difference - you condemn the photo because it is UNflattering - > you would accept it if it were flattering. O.E.D.
