Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tell us how you really feel, Ted ;-) But yes: as is the case with much art photography today (as opposed to other modern art which I enjoy exploring), it is very much a case of Emperor?s New Clothes. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA > On 11 Jul 2015, at 08:13, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > Howard my dear friend, > You couldn't have said it better! Oh sorry yes it could've been. ;-) But > I truly believe the administrator would've been mighty upset at the > descriptive force of the language! :-) > > The other major point here is? The absolute dumb ass "so called judges" > who selected these questionable images must be the most dead brained > morons on Planet Earth! Whether they work for the LEICA CORPORATION OR NOT! > cheers, > Dr ted Grant > TEDGRANTPHOTO.COM > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Howard Ritter > Sent: July-10-15 7:46 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Barnack Award > > No compositional technique > No technical accomplishment > No interesting situations or contexts > No pleasing juxtapositions of elements, colors > No dynamism (OK, once maybe) > No decisive moment > No personal insight or revelations re subjects > Overwrought art-appreciation 101 interpretive comments and interview > responses > Hyperbolic characterization of the nature of the series > ?Truth of an undisguised moment?? No, just artless snapshots (not > ?snapshot-like?, but actual snapshots!) of passers-by on bikes and scooters > Standing in ankle-deep water? Oh, the humanity! > > For heaven?s sake, these are FLASH SNAPS OF PASSING PEOPLE ON BIKES IN THE > RAIN AT NIGHT! Now, that would have been an honest title! The only thing > even moderately interesting is that they were taken by a young Polish > woman in China who had the nerve (and rudeness) to ambush wet, > inconvenienced, and annoyed people with a flash camera, without the > language skills to ask permission or explain herself. That kind of > ?interesting? is probably not something that Oskar would like to have > given his honorific to. > > ?howard > >> On Jul 10, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> "Her snapshot-like images speak of the truth of an undisguised moment." >> >> http://blog.leica-camera.com/leica-videos/wiktoria-wojciechowska-leica-oskar-barnack-newcomer-award-2015/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeicaCamera+%28Leica+Camera+Blog%29 >> >> Opinions? >> >> Tina >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information