Photographic "Manipulation" and Staging Series

[beepy]

<p>Errol Morris started a seven part series in the NY Times considering staged photographs etc. The two first articles are posted, and are looking into the "authenticity" of the F.S.A (Farm Security Administration) photographers - a group that included Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange who produced some iconic images.<br>

<a href="http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/the-case-of-the-inappropriate-alarm-clock-part-1/">Part 1</a><br>

<a href="http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/the-case-of-the-inappropriate-alarm-clock-part-2/">Part 2</a><br>

I'm quoting the "claims" as the article is somewhat involved.<br>

Errol Morris is the documentary filmmaker who made some very interesting films: A Thin Blue Line, A Brief History of Time, The Fog of War, and Standard Operating Procedure. He considers photographs and images and their meaning and context and "truth" in other articles.</p>