Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]total bullshit, who in their right mind??..? > On Jul 11, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > Absolutely Nathan!! This garbage should've been deleted the first moment > it appeared on screen. Even considering it for the Barnack Award is an > insult to those of us who are real photographers! > cheers, > Dr. ted :-( > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman > Sent: July-10-15 11:59 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Barnack Award > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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