Campaign photography can be artful at times. What I'm after is
getting the "requisite" shots -- standard grip-and-grin stuff, but being
on the lookout for compelling images. Granted, the sheer scale of
presidential campaigns dwarfs US Senate campaigns, but I don't see why
there can't be memorable photos produced from the events if someone is
willing to look out for them rather than focus solely on "mailing it
in". I can't help thinking a lot of the photographers who cover these
events are so bored by the entire routine that they approach it the way
a sweatshop worker approaches a sewing machine, or a crack whore
approaches a street corner.
What I had in mind was looking for shots along these lines (albeit on a
relative scale):
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/politics/20040719_px_JOURNAL_FEATURE/index.html
-- Walt
On 10/8/2010 10:59 PM, David Parsons wrote:
It's reportage, not fine art. Having the principles in the shot, and
lit well enough to print is all that is needed. The newsworthiness is
what matters.
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:25 PM, paul stenquist<pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
I don't know if I've ever seen a "good" press conference shot. Perhaps any shot that
shows the principals and doesn't hoover completely is a "good" shot.
Paul
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