It depends on how important the photo is. Sometimes a photo seems to be in a book just to bulk it up and is not essential at all. In a case like that the word photo is sufficient, but it would be no real loss if it was not even mentioned. If the illustration is central to the surrounding text, though, the greater the details of it are explained the better. Despite the poorer quality and lack of professionalism in recordings of RFB&D books in comparison to NLS books one advantage of them is that illustrations are described in greater detail. NLS books usually do not even mention the illustrations or, if they do, it is ordinarily just an acknowledgement that they are there. NLS books are mainly just entertainment though. RFB&D books are explicitly produced for educational purposes or for some other kind of use beyond just entertainment, so not only are the illustrations more likely to be important, but a detailed description of them is usually more critical. Personally, though, if nothing about the photo is going to be provided except the fact that there is a photo then I don't feel like I need that information at all.
_ _ _"No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means." - George Bernard Shaw
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To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 5:03 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question re descriptions of photos in booksIt's way late in my proofreading career to be asking this question (Have you heard the expression "Too soon old, too late smart?" I'd like to know from member-readers how much, if at all, descriptions of photos in books, especially of people and the surrounding setting add to or detract from your pleasure in reading the book. Are they desirable or unnecessary? Do you like having the description, or is the mere word photo sufficient?
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