From Errol Morris, a list of 10 things you should know about truth & photography In 2011, writer and filmmaker Errol Morris summarized the main points in Believing Is Seeing, his book on the nature of truth, bel via kottke.org: https://kottke.org/18/08/from-errol-morris-a-list-of-10-things-you-should-know-about-truth-photography In 2011, writer and filmmaker Errol Morris summarized the main points in Believing Is…
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/10/18/qa-errol-morris-on-believing-is-seeing/#1 In his new book, the filmmaker investigates the mysteries behind some of photography’s most famous news images. Here, Morris walks TIME through five of his fascinating case studies:
Documentaries and Ties That Bind or Unravel Not all of the human subjects of documentaries enjoy enduring relationships with the filmmakers. Errol Morris, Andrew Jarecki and other directors explain. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/movies/07lives.html?_r=1 IN 2002, while he was making “Capturing the Friedmans,” his investigation of a notorious child-abuse prosecution on Long Island, the director Andrew Jarecki received…
The traveling pool of press photographers that follows presidents includes representatives from three wire services — AP (The Associated Press), AFP (Agence-France Press) and Thompson Reuters. During the last week of the George W. Bush administration, I asked the head photo editors of these news services — Vincent Amalvy (AFP), Santiago Lyon (AP) and Jim…