Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Image:Ansel Adams - Farm workers and Mt. Williamson.jpg

Ansel Adams - Farm workers and Mt. Williamson edit

Manzanar Japanese internment center, World War II, California.

One of the great photographers documenting a significant (if shameful) part of U.S. history: internment of Japanese Americans at Manzanar, California. 1943. Appears in Ansel Adams. U.S. Gov't public domain.

Nominated by: Durova^Charge! 04:27, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

It's a good photo, and while this is undoubtedly what the photo shows, to me it just looks like some farm workers in a field. There's nothing here that says "internment", "POW camp", "forced labour", etc. I guess on FPC it may come down to convincing voters that this is a good enough shot of farm workers, or to accept that the photo is in some way a good illustration of the stated subject (which is really what it should be doing). --jjron (talk) 08:39, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- The main thing that kept people at Manzanar was the geography. There's scarcely a drop of water for dozens of miles, nowhere to hide because there aren't any trees, and the mountains hem them in. Durova^Charge! 08:59, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - This is one of those which might (annoyingly!) get promoted by virtue of the famous name, rather than anything inherently exceptional or enc about the image. I wouldn't vote for it for enc reasons. Having said that, if this version hadn't been way over-cooked in Photoshop, it might have provided a decent example for the zone system article. As it is, it's all "featured photographer", rather than FP, IMO. --mikaul^talk 15:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, maybe not. Voters didn't really like this image way back in 2005 for many reasons (some of which you mentioned) that are still valid today. --Malachirality (talk) 19:54, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thanks for the heads up. Durova^Charge! 20:37, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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