Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lord Pethic-Lawrence and Mahatma Gandhi

Lord Pethic-Lawrence and Mahatma Gandhi edit

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Original – Lord Pethick-Lawrence, British Secretary of State for India, and Mahatma Gandhi photographed as the latter was leaving after an interview, Delhi, April 18, 1946.

Reason: high resolution and good quality historical image
Articles in which this image appears: Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence, Colonialism, Mahatma Gandhi Series, Mahatma Gandhi New Series
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Unknown, uploaded by Yann

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 09:40, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Scanned from newspaper or other print source, coarse screen is visible. Original photo must exist somewhere... --Janke | Talk 10:52, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Janke: Yes, it is copied from a book, but it is, by far, the best available on the Internet. I don't have the money to buy the original. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:08, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Per Janke. Plus jumbled composition. Sca (talk) 15:02, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sca: Why do you mean by "jumbled"? It is photojournalism, not a studio shot. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:08, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As a longtime journalist (now retired) who sometimes took and/or edited photos, I can assure you that framing one's composition is an important aspect of good photojournalism. In this shot, two or three people are cut off and the principal subjects are looking away from the camera. There is no central focus to the composition. Sca (talk) 22:10, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:29, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]