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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Isaac on April 23, 2014, 06:00:29 pm

Title: Daily Mirror's "Crying Girl" Front Page Image
Post by: Isaac on April 23, 2014, 06:00:29 pm
"When is a photo of a crying girl not a photo of a crying girl? News photography in the age of truthiness (http://www.imagesource.com/blog/truthiness-news-photography/)"
Title: Re: Daily Mirror's "Crying Girl" Front Page Image
Post by: Jim Pascoe on April 24, 2014, 03:54:32 am
Quote from: Isaac on April 23, 2014, 06:00:29 pm
"When is a photo of a crying girl not a photo of a crying girl? News photography in the age of truthiness (http://www.imagesource.com/blog/truthiness-news-photography/)"

Well it seems she was genuinely crying - just not about being hungry.  Powerful picture that does the job.  Rubbish newspaper though! ;)

Jim
Title: Re: Daily Mirror's "Crying Girl" Front Page Image
Post by: Keith Reeder on May 05, 2014, 08:00:48 am
Quote from: Jim Pascoe on April 24, 2014, 03:54:32 am
Rubbish newspaper though! ;)

At least it's not the godawful Daily Mail.

What a pointless blog post that was - using stock images has been the bread-and-butter of the press (and thousands of photographers) forever