[Leica] IMPORTANT: LUGbook 2015

[Aram Langhans]

Well put.

Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired  Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
 
“The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.”   James D. Watson

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Shulman [mailto:jshulman at judgecrater.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 2:26 PM
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMPORTANT: LUGbook 2015

So far as I'm concerned, it's your project. You took on the work, so in a sense you're the gallerist. So long as you respect the integrity of the images, meaning not adjusting cropping, coloring, or anything else within the frame, how you display the images in your print gallery is up to you.
If someone has strong objection to this, they can always remove their images from your gallery and/or refrain from purchasing.
On Dec 18, 2015 5:04 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:

> Dear LUG family and contributors:
>
> I have a received a strong objection to making the change. 
> Fundamentally, it comes down to two things:
>
> First, the nature of the policy change is unexpected and last minute. 
> It is true, if I have made the decision early on and made the 
> announcement earlier, then people who may object to this policy can 
> debate or withhold contributions. For this I apologize.
>
> Second, there are questions of my exerting artistic preference over 
> that of the contributors. I need to digest this, as the mere fact that 
> an editor has to sequence the contributors in some ways regardless, 
> even if we do it simply by the first name or last name or other 
> arbitrary ordering, it's a decision on our parts.
>
> The person is correct that this is not "my book", but nominally a "LUG 
> year book" although even there we have strayed a bit in previous years 
> by inviting other people into the fold.
>
> I am somewhat torn on this and I welcome any discussion. I am not 
> looking for sympathy, or people to "beat up" on the person. I know 
> from feedback that someone will be unhappy regardless. However, 
> personally I am more concerned that it is true that I did not make the 
> policy change early, and this would appear to be a "bait and switch".
>
> Thank you.
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Gene Duprey 
> <geneduprey2015 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Make it your production, If you want to mix the photos, then I'm OK 
> > with it.
> >
> > Gene
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:03 AM, Geoff Hopkinson 
> > <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Your call! Why not put your own stamp on the production?
> > > Shall be interested to see how this works out...my ex-editor brain 
> > > is fascinated!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> ..................................................................................................................................
> > >
> > > While working on the book, I am making an executive decision: I 
> > > will sequence the images in some order, and not 2 consecutive 
> > > images per submitter like previous years.
> > >
> > > Per usual, I will not edit the images in any way, and the caption 
> > > and
> any
> > > image placement preference (e.g. some people want full bleed) will 
> > > be honored.
> > >
> > > If you have strong feeling that your photos must be kept together,
> please
> > > email me.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // 
> > > http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
> > > // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Geoff
> > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> > >
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> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // 
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