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Arizona considers anti-photoshop law

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Posted by David Prichard on February 23, 2012 at 4:38 PM
This is one of the slippery slope arguments. While understanding the reasoning behind this bill, to what extent does it go. Will the landscape photographer who sells work for tourism ads now have to declare post production improvements?

http://pdnpulse.com/2012/02/arizona-considers-anti-photoshop-law.html

Posted by Richard Ditch on February 23, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Not to worry. The AZ legislature is a hotbed of wacko proposals too numerous and offensive to list in this forum. Don't expect this bill to get any traction.
Posted by Catherine Reilly on February 24, 2012 at 2:00 AM
Now, that's reassuring, Richard! LOL! :biggrin:
Posted by Pete D on March 4, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Photography has been considered a reasonable approximation of reality. It is not. It never was. Photography is writing with light. Writing is always subject to editing. Writing is a product of the writer.

Pete D. surrendered delusions of recording reality