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>"To make enduring photographs, one must learn to see with the mind's eye, for the heart and the mind are the true lens of the camera."<

In today's Guardian colour supplement there's a feature on the photographer Jane Bown. The article concludes with, "In one of her rare interviews, Jane was asked if she agreed with Richard Avedon, who maintained that all photographs are accurate but none are truthful. She bristled slightly, looked at the floor and said, 'I think mine are.'"

Well who can say? I'll get into trouble I know, but more and more post click production and digital fiddling means that the camera lies more and more. Super saturated colours, undesirable objects removed, sunbeams and all sorts of lighting effects added in-- grrrrr

Ansel Adams worked on his wonderful pictures in the darkroom and really built them up. Cartier Bresson refused even to crop his pictures as he believed in verity and the "decisive moment". No one approach is right and the other wrong. Its down to personal taste. Personally, I like to keep enhancement to an absolute minimum and would never spend "sixteen hours" in the digital darkroom.