Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, to be honest, I've jumped into this thing without reading the conditions for this award. Perhaps "reportage" or "photojournalism" were not requirements. dan c. At 01:55 PM 03-08-02 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: >No. At least not in my hardly-humble-opinion. I cannot for the life of me >see why they won a prize for "reportage." On the other hand, what the hell >is "reportage?" I never see the word used anywhere but in Leica ads and >websites. > >What she has in those photos is, IMHHO, a pretty amazing portfolio of color >art photos - paintings on film, if you will. > >I think where the discussion has gotten a bit off-track over the past couple >of days is with people getting hung up on the term photojournalism, and >seeing it applied to this work. How about just accepting the work as >"photography," and then judging it as such? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html