Am I missing something here? My reading of the article is that no one has doctored the original photograph. The stamp is a portrait by an artist based on a photograph. I don't have any problem with the artist not including the ciggy in his work.
(Then again, I've never seen "All About Eve") Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:55:14 -0400, "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 01:25:49PM -0700, keith_w wrote: > > John Celio wrote: > >> It's just a stamp. I'd much rather have the government not portray > >> smoking as cool than accurately reproduce a tiny version of an old > >> photo. > >> > >> John > > > > Sorry, John. No, it's NOT "just a stamp." > > > > Even a stamp should portray visual fact. Visual reality. > > "Correcting" history should be permanently buried in the past. The > > Russians, the Germans, whoever else perpetrated this unconscionable > > editing to change reality of what was, were wrong. > > > > Almost literally everyone who sees this stamp says, "Where's her cigarette?" > > Suckin' on a smoke is Bette Davis! > > Quite. It's not just that they edited the cigarette out of the > photograph > (although even that would be pretty bad) - it's also that the photograph > is so well known that most people who recognise the subject also spot the > fact that the cigarette has been removed. > > There are many other photographs that could have been chosen if showing a > cigarette was unacceptable. > > Of course you could argue that going with one of those photographs would > also be a selective portrayal of reality. That's essentially > unavoidable. > But changing images to fit conceptions is an affront to photography. > After all, that's effectively what was done with the recent missile > launch, > and with the OJ Simpson magazine cover - both despicable decisions, > IMNSHO. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
