Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the Fifth Element, a fun science fiction movie, the alien tasked to save the Earth was in despair because she saw all the images of war and atrocities. I guess WPP are like that. Jim Colberg has written an excellent critique of the WPP and their WESTERN bias: http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/2012/02/the_problem_with_western_press_photo/ On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > Nathan? > > Thanks for expressing the reaction I have always had to this sort of > thing, albeit less immediate and personal than yours. There is plenty of > news- and attention-worthy photographic drama and art in the other 99% of > life on this planet. The W in WPP could just as well stand for > War/Wrack/Wruin! > > ?howard > > > On Feb 12, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > Tina, I don't even need to look at the link. I consider WPP to be > ambulance chasing, albeit with a higher level of skill involved. During my > years in the Netherlands (the country where WPP is based) I religiously > went to the exhibition every year, and every year I came out with the > thought, "is life really this awful"? Yes, terrible things happen, but for > most of us, most of the time, life is not terrible. In 2006 I was in Prague > and saw the Czech Press Photo of the year exhibition. It was way superior > to the WPP because it focused on everyday life and still made it > spectacular. I have ignored WPP since then. > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>