Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:47 AM 4/9/98 -0700, you wrote: >My philosophical question is, artistically, what is GOOD photography? >A 6 year old with a P&S could just as easily win a prize as an old, bitter >photographer who has been perfecting his craft for 50 years. So who is >"better?" Considering the picture of Yeltsin dancing won a Pulitzer proves this to be true. As a matter of fact, several amateurs have won the Pulitzer. But that's because it's not judged for photographic quality, but for "being there" when something happened. Pictures of the Year, or World Press Photo are much better judges of who is good as the years pass. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Logic: The art of being wrong with confidence...