The issue here is historical context (Score 1)

I'm coming late to this debate, but what the hey I may as well weigh in. First off, how many of you read the article? This is not, repeat not a rehash of the same type of criticism leveled against email (as opposed to manuscript, hardcopy) on the basis of accessibility or archival integrity. Yes, there are similarities and I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that this was the inspiration for this thesis. When I first approached this I was a bit confused to find the focus resting so heavily on journalistic photography. After all, this is an era where historians cast a pretty wide net, looking to private family or local archives for their research. Also, the individual recorder is much much more likely to shank the data backup portion of the scenario. The problem slides nicely into focus (sorry about that) once you notice that this is the series of pics preceding and following the selected shot that the author is interested in. It is, again, not even a matter as some have suggested of "missing" a shot that at the time seems unimportant but takes on a different coloration in light of later events (i.e. the Lewinsky pic objection). What this thesis is about is maintaing the context surrounding the utilized record (here, photo) presumably with a motor drive or whatnot, I'll leave that those of you who are professionally interested to address. The goal behind this is not to come back later and say, 'Aha a new and interesting picture, in its own right, unrelated to that other one over here!' But rather to say, I can draw some observations about the events and the objectivity of this perspective in the famous relevant photo on the front page on the basis of the unused shots taken more or less in the same sequence. Breaking it down a bit, this is to keep the photographer "honest," not to imply necessarily bias in the traditional sense, though it could be that, but generally in the overall sense of looking for the balanced picture. Well, enough rambling discourse for one day...