Is Photography Fake?

Posted in Photography Discussion on February 3rd, 2009 by Dphotojournal com

I am sad. All the beautiful photos that make me love photography are fake. The photographer staged them all. Is photography fake?

Reply by Daniel Nahabedian on January 21, 2009 at 7:52pm

Well, I wouldn’t call it “fake”.

I myself have a few photoprojects concerning homeless people and poverty. I would not go shoot true homeless people or pay them to act the way I want them to for my shoot. I’d ask for my friends to help me do the scene.

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