Visual myths and bad edits

John Macpherson posted this on May 11th, 2012

“As you can imagined I am in a state of shock. I feel ashamed and humiliated for trusting CNN. I am stunned that they would take my work out of context. I spent a long time looking at their website before agreeing to show my work and in no way did I see any indication that they were subverting photographers work to lead to controversy that would provide greater visibility of their site. Still, I take responsibility for not knowing better.”

 

Photographer Stacy Kranitz commenting on CNN’s choice of her material to portray Appalachia.

This is well worth your time reading.

From the excellent walkyourcamera.com blog of Roger May.

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May 11th, 2012 | Tags: Appalachia, CNN America Inc., Jim Merithew, Stacy Kranitz | Category: duckrabbit

6 comments to Visual myths and bad edits

• Roger May

  May 11, 2012 at 11:18 · Reply

  John,

  I finally make it on Duckrabbit and…my blog is incorrectly attributed to Jim Merithew. But Jim’s awesome, so I’m sort of OK with that! Thanks for the kind words about the blog.

  Cheers,

  Roger

  • John Macpherson

    May 11, 2012 at 13:14 · Reply

    Oh bugger! A hasty dash out this morning with small boy and I did not do as thorough a job posting as I should have.

    Mea culpa. And ahh the irony!

    Please accept my apologies Roger.

    • Roger May

      May 11, 2012 at 20:29 · Reply

      John, no worries! Thanks for checking in. You and your small boy and me and my 17 year-old daughter who’s getting ready for prom tomorrow! They grow so incredibly fast.

      Again, thanks and cheers.

      • John Macpherson

        May 11, 2012 at 22:17 · Reply

        The way William is at 4….I can’t imagine 17…..gasp!

• David White

  May 11, 2012 at 11:49 · Reply

  Hey Roger, apologies on behalf of the duck. That was our own visual myth and bad editing, but thanks for being cool.

• Roger May

  May 11, 2012 at 12:09 · Reply

  Thanks David for being quick and cool too!