Talk:Photo-referencing

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[edit] Conflict of Interest

There are several problems with this article, primarily the idea that artists make some special use of photographs to create art, whereas, in fact, thoughout history, they have used every ad-hoc and technical means at their disposal. Photorealism, which is a well-understood concept (with a long Wiki article) is not mentioned or integrated into the article.

Much of the rest of this article is obvious, trivial or questionable, and almost invariably personal opinion.

The fact that Alison Bechdel is specifically mentioned, out of thousands of cartoonists and artists suggests that there is WP:CONFLICT. Other, far more famous artists (by any measure) are known to have used photographs, in any number of published works. She is not demonstrated to have any special knowledge, use, or success with the technique above-and-beyond, say, Bonnard, Parrish, or comics artist Hergé, therefore citing her is weak (at best), and possibly a conflict of interest. Hence, I have removed the reference.

67.169.127.166 (talk) 16:49, 29 April 2008 (UTC)