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Photography and anti-American propaganda

Last Sunday I went to see a couple of exhibits at the Fort Bard in the beautiful Aosta Valley in north Italy. One of the exhibits was of paintings by Fernando Botero, an artist I particularly like. The other exhibit was a photographic one: “Magnum America. The United States“. Looking at the Magnum exhibits I…

Black and White Tales, Print #33

Aug 25, 2020Barbano LuigiBlack and White Tales, BlogUpdates, ethic, Film photography, FineArt, meditations, News, Uncategorized#BWTales, Black and White, black and white tales, BWTales, choices, DavidAlanHarvey, fake reality, fine art, fine art printing, fineart, inkjet, Magnum, McCurry, Photojournalism

The facts regarding Magnum and the suspension of the photographer David Alan Harvey, that you can read about in a PetaPixel article, started a debate online about photojournalism. As usual, most of the debate was pro or against D.A. Harvey by people not knowing the facts and pretending to judge, forgetting as usual the principle…