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While this does show its age in its composition quite a bit, Cardiss Collins was an amazing woman - I don't think all this is in her biography, but - she basically took over a congressional seat on her husband's death, and had to grow into the position, conquering shyness and lack of confidence to rise to powerful positions - President of the
Congressional Black Caucus, ranking member of the
Government Reform and Oversight Committee, and 24-year Representative for Illinois's 7th district.
I'll have to Oppose this one - it looks like it is a second- or third-generation reproduction of the original photo; it has lost much highlight and shadow detail. --
Janke |
Talk09:12, 14 February 2016 (UTC)reply
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Janke: I'm not sure you're right, but, that said, I'm not sure my explanation - that I think the image was a little over-exposed as most images of darker-skinned people were before colour film came in - will change your mind. There's PLENTY of shadow detail, it's the highlights and, to a lesser extent, the midtones that are a little lacking. Adam Cuerden(
talk)18:26, 14 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - Looking at various other images of her during this time frame (1970s), this looks to be among the best. The later pictures of her (1990s/2000s) are a bit better balanced, lighting-wise, but I don't know how many of those are free. —
Chris Woodrich (
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00:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Feb 2016 at 04:50:19 (UTC)
Reason
While this does show its age in its composition quite a bit, Cardiss Collins was an amazing woman - I don't think all this is in her biography, but - she basically took over a congressional seat on her husband's death, and had to grow into the position, conquering shyness and lack of confidence to rise to powerful positions - President of the
Congressional Black Caucus, ranking member of the
Government Reform and Oversight Committee, and 24-year Representative for Illinois's 7th district.
I'll have to Oppose this one - it looks like it is a second- or third-generation reproduction of the original photo; it has lost much highlight and shadow detail. --
Janke |
Talk09:12, 14 February 2016 (UTC)reply
@
Janke: I'm not sure you're right, but, that said, I'm not sure my explanation - that I think the image was a little over-exposed as most images of darker-skinned people were before colour film came in - will change your mind. There's PLENTY of shadow detail, it's the highlights and, to a lesser extent, the midtones that are a little lacking. Adam Cuerden(
talk)18:26, 14 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - Looking at various other images of her during this time frame (1970s), this looks to be among the best. The later pictures of her (1990s/2000s) are a bit better balanced, lighting-wise, but I don't know how many of those are free. —
Chris Woodrich (
talk)
00:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)reply