Comments for 52Qicherc http://52qicherc.com Blogging About Russia Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:53:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on The Mother Of All Dyevushkas by elektrokuhinja http://52qicherc.com/the-mother-of-all-dyevushkas#comment-321 elektrokuhinja Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:41:59 +0000 http://52qicherc.com/the-mother-of-all-dyevushkas#comment-321 <p>I just wrote something similar on my blog. Didn’t know that it’s called the dyevushka style:)</p> I just wrote something similar on my blog. Didn’t know that it’s called the dyevushka style:)

]]> Comment on The Mother Of All Dyevushkas by copydude http://52qicherc.com/the-mother-of-all-dyevushkas#comment-320 copydude Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:53:23 +0000 http://52qicherc.com/the-mother-of-all-dyevushkas#comment-320 <p>Thanks. You should have added the the link to your ‘Ruski Boys And Girls’ - but I’ll do it here:</p> <p>http://elektrokuhinja.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/ruski-boys-and-girls/</p> <p>It’s a common observation, and always quite amusing.</p> Thanks. You should have added the the link to your ‘Ruski Boys And Girls’ - but I’ll do it here:

http://elektrokuhinja.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/ruski-boys-and-girls/

It’s a common observation, and always quite amusing.

]]> Comment on The Mother Of All Dyevushkas by elektrokuhinja http://52qicherc.com/the-mother-of-all-dyevushkas#comment-319 elektrokuhinja Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:20:51 +0000 http://52qicherc.com/the-mother-of-all-dyevushkas#comment-319 <p>I forgot to do that, thanks.</p> I forgot to do that, thanks.

]]> Comment on The Mother Of All Dyevushkas by carpetblogger http://52qicherc.com/the-mother-of-all-dyevushkas#comment-318 carpetblogger Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:35:11 +0000 http://52qicherc.com/the-mother-of-all-dyevushkas#comment-318 <p>Tina Turner — TOTAL Dyevushka.</p> <p>LOVE the plastic bra straps.</p> Tina Turner — TOTAL Dyevushka.

LOVE the plastic bra straps.

]]> Comment on Spain To Lay Claim On European Championships by Simon http://52qicherc.com/spain-to-lay-claim-on-european-championships#comment-317 Simon Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:04:23 +0000 http://52qicherc.com/spain-to-lay-claim-on-european-championships#comment-317 <p>It was an awesome game to see. Fabregas was great.</p> It was an awesome game to see. Fabregas was great.

]]> Comment on Russia Stops War!? gnooze 8-12-08 by Russians blame Dick Cheney (Dick Cheney??) for Georgia war · http://52qicherc.com/russia-stops-war-gnooze-8-12-08#comment-316 Russians blame Dick Cheney (Dick Cheney??) for Georgia war · Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:35:31 +0000 http://52qicherc.com/russia-stops-war-gnooze-8-12-08#comment-316 <p>[…] News » News Russia Stops War!? gnooze 8-12-082008-08-20 02:21:01There wants to military action in Georgia, AG Michael Mukasey says there will be […]</p> […] News » News Russia Stops War!? gnooze 8-12-082008-08-20 02:21:01There wants to military action in Georgia, AG Michael Mukasey says there will be […]

]]> Comment on What has been happening in Georgia. by Brian Barker http://52qicherc.com/what-has-been-happening-in-georgia#comment-315 Brian Barker Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:17:32 +0000 http://52qicherc.com/what-has-been-happening-in-georgia#comment-315 <p>I hope that I’m not speaking out of turn, but can I suggest the long-term advantages of Esperanto?</p> <p>As a non-national language, it places all ethnic languages on an equal footing, an so eliminates discrimination against minority languages.</p> <p>Interestingly as well, nine British MP’s have nominated Esperanto for the Nobel Peace Prize 2008.</p> <p>You can see this at http://www.lernu.net</p> I hope that I’m not speaking out of turn, but can I suggest the long-term advantages of Esperanto?

As a non-national language, it places all ethnic languages on an equal footing, an so eliminates discrimination against minority languages.

Interestingly as well, nine British MP’s have nominated Esperanto for the Nobel Peace Prize 2008.

You can see this at http://www.lernu.net

]]> Comment on All photographers are liars by Mirko http://52qicherc.com/all-photographers-are-liars#comment-314 Mirko Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:22:21 +0000 http://52qicherc.com/all-photographers-are-liars#comment-314 <p>Michelle, I apologize for the grammar mistakes, they may be the reason why you didn’t understand the point of my article.</p> <p>First, the title “All photographers are liars” is inspired by Seth Godin book “All Marketers are liars”. It’s a catchy title, but it doesn’t mean that they intend to deceive people with every shot they take.</p> <p>I have no doubt that almost every photojournalist wants to do good and has no cynical thoughts when working. However it does happen, much more often than you think, that photos are set up or putted in a context that will give it a different meaning, just to influence the opinion.</p> <p>Also, wedding photography or war photography are more linked than you think. In both case, you have clients that want their event to be seen the way they want people to see it. Western media want to show Russia as the bad guy, and they found a photographer that gave them those pictures. Photos are always there to serve a purpose, whether it is to say “look how much we love each other and how happy we are”, “look, the russian are killing people” or “look I am very attractive, why don’t you send me some nice comments that I’ll never get in real life”.</p> <p>But my point was about the essence of photography, not about the media process. Wedding is a life-long relationship, war is about history that often can’t even be explained in 500 pages books, photography is about the moment, trying to catch a piece of what happened.</p> <p>The thing that you obviously don’t understand is that reality is complex, you can’t fix it on a picture. People often think that the pictures they see are reality because what they see is real people. This is where the concept of photography becomes a lie, in the perception that people have of what they are being shown.</p> Michelle, I apologize for the grammar mistakes, they may be the reason why you didn’t understand the point of my article.

First, the title “All photographers are liars” is inspired by Seth Godin book “All Marketers are liars”. It’s a catchy title, but it doesn’t mean that they intend to deceive people with every shot they take.

I have no doubt that almost every photojournalist wants to do good and has no cynical thoughts when working. However it does happen, much more often than you think, that photos are set up or putted in a context that will give it a different meaning, just to influence the opinion.

Also, wedding photography or war photography are more linked than you think. In both case, you have clients that want their event to be seen the way they want people to see it. Western media want to show Russia as the bad guy, and they found a photographer that gave them those pictures. Photos are always there to serve a purpose, whether it is to say “look how much we love each other and how happy we are”, “look, the russian are killing people” or “look I am very attractive, why don’t you send me some nice comments that I’ll never get in real life”.

But my point was about the essence of photography, not about the media process. Wedding is a life-long relationship, war is about history that often can’t even be explained in 500 pages books, photography is about the moment, trying to catch a piece of what happened.

The thing that you obviously don’t understand is that reality is complex, you can’t fix it on a picture. People often think that the pictures they see are reality because what they see is real people. This is where the concept of photography becomes a lie, in the perception that people have of what they are being shown.

]]> Comment on All photographers are liars by Mirko http://52qicherc.com/all-photographers-are-liars#comment-313 Mirko Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:58:13 +0000 http://52qicherc.com/all-photographers-are-liars#comment-313 <p>Charles, the body seems to me to have been moved, although you are right that it is arguable. But the other pictures make a pretty good case for believing that it’s been staged, the fact that Reuters took some pictures out of their website and changed some captions does lead me to think that the serie has been staged too.</p> Charles, the body seems to me to have been moved, although you are right that it is arguable. But the other pictures make a pretty good case for believing that it’s been staged, the fact that Reuters took some pictures out of their website and changed some captions does lead me to think that the serie has been staged too.

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