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3 December 2008

Technology Undermining the Truth in Photography

Andy (not his real name ) was formerly a news photographer for the Associated Press detailed in Manila during the Marcos regime . With the downfall of the late dictator and the hot news petered out , he later freelanced for some of the big independent photo agencies like Black Star and Gamma Photos , working from his home base in Lithuania

As a much sought after news photographer during the early eighties , Andy certainly relied on his Nikon SLR cameras , occasionally using a powerful

br zoom lens or two on the field when he had to take news photos of dignitaries farther out in the field . Photojournalism , according to him was in his blood . He loved the feel of the chase , the upliftment of feeling when he gained a particularly good shot of a globally known figure or a famous celebrity , and the gritty texture of the prints when he processed them out of his darkroom . Those were the days ' he said when you had to do your own processing of films . It was a great feeling to see your prints slowly emerging from the chemical pans where you immersed them - and they come out alright

When his photojournalism days were over by virtue of his aging years , he shifted to fashion photography . And that was where the problem emerged

Here was I doing a few shoots with my models outdoors , in fact , in a nice setting like a forest somewhere for a local...