Talk:Hugh Bell (photographer)

Major excision
I've removed a large piece of material on Bell's photography, which was written in a non-encyclopedic, non-NPOV review style. Statements such as "he communicates the fervor of the music" and "Bell's fearless pursuit of the truth" are not statements of fact, but of opinion; if they're to be included in the article, they should be attributed, and they should come in the context of a factual account&mdash;where Bell lived, what kinds of things he was photographing, where his work was appearing, etc. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough factual material in the excised sections to stitch together into a capsule biography. I'm acutely aware that what I've left behind is a sorry third-rate stub, but at least it's a sorry third-rate stub that adheres to WP policies and not an editor's essay.

There was a contradiction between a statement in the original lead and one in the biography section: one said that Bell was born in the West Indies, the other that he was born in NY. Neither was sourced; I chose the latter somewhat arbitrarily, since it appeared to give more detail. The matter needs to be researched, corrected if necessary, and furnished with a citation. Ammodramus (talk) 14:15, 2 January 2012 (UTC)


 * the information has been up dated and there is a new source added --Geerestein (talk) 19:32, 17 August 2019 (UTC)