Comments on: Ami Vitale, Objectivity, & Truth http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/photosophy/ami-vitale-objectivity-truth exploring reality through documentary photography Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:29:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cooper Strange http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/photosophy/ami-vitale-objectivity-truth/comment-page-1#comment-5048 Cooper Strange Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:38:32 +0000 http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/?p=686#comment-5048 That is a good way to say it: "even if we can’t discern the objective truth from our viewpoint doesn’t mean it isn’t there". I do not want to be too hard on her. It seems like what she is trying to say is that we should not go into situations trying to force our perceptions and conclusions into the story we tell, but rather we need to become a part of the situation (as much as possible) and "walk a mile in another man's shoes" kind of thing, and THEN tell the story. I think dropping the "truth" bomb makes it hard to see the rest of the comment. That is a good way to say it: “even if we can’t discern the objective truth from our viewpoint doesn’t mean it isn’t there”. I do not want to be too hard on her. It seems like what she is trying to say is that we should not go into situations trying to force our perceptions and conclusions into the story we tell, but rather we need to become a part of the situation (as much as possible) and “walk a mile in another man’s shoes” kind of thing, and THEN tell the story. I think dropping the “truth” bomb makes it hard to see the rest of the comment.

]]> By: John O http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/photosophy/ami-vitale-objectivity-truth/comment-page-1#comment-5044 John O Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:03:44 +0000 http://www.chinacoop.net/photoblog/?p=686#comment-5044 I think she is using the words truth and viewpoint interchangably... Even before "big-t" truth, things must get objective, even if we can't discern the objective truth from our viewpoint doesn't mean it isn't there... Perhaps she would have been more clear to say that we can't claim to definately know the truth in many situations and the journalists job is to provide as wide a window for viewpoint as possible...? I love trying to capture elements of the big-t Truth in photos too, though I don't often have much success, but that's down to my photography rather than lack of subject! I think she is using the words truth and viewpoint interchangably… Even before “big-t” truth, things must get objective, even if we can’t discern the objective truth from our viewpoint doesn’t mean it isn’t there…
Perhaps she would have been more clear to say that we can’t claim to definately know the truth in many situations and the journalists job is to provide as wide a window for viewpoint as possible…?

I love trying to capture elements of the big-t Truth in photos too, though I don’t often have much success, but that’s down to my photography rather than lack of subject!

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