Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I admit that after looking through the images - and they aren't big enough to really see - I found nothing that attracted me. "Not in the audience" I guess. I don't know why this images, which feel cold and distant, should be of value unless those who view them believe they stand above and beyond their subjects with a certain kind of cool hauteur. Oh well. I didn't go to art school. What do I know? Adam On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:03:13 -0700, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > I decided to enter this year's Oskar Barnack Award 2004 competition. I > figured what did I have to lose but a little bit of mail cost. It's been an > interesting experience, in that it's like throwing something into a big > black pit and not hearing when it lands. > They finally posted the results on the Leica website, and I have to admit I > wasn't disappointed. Most of their past selections have shown a > predilection > toward a particular style, or mannerism, that is essentially European in > execution. > > http://www.leica-camera.com/kultur/events/wettbewerbe/obp/index_e.html > > I kept mulling of what it reminded me of, when it dawned on me where I've > seen the like of it before. In this case, more like where I've heard it > before, as the term bubble gum popped into my brain. > I guess that this is their way of going after the youth market, by > selecting > what is essentially 70's retro imagery. In other words bubble gum > photography. > S. Dimitrov > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >