[Leica] Some help please for rating pictures for my exhibition

[Lluis Ripoll]

Hi Ted and Douglas,

Thank you very much for your advice, I have immediately reacted and realized you are right, in addition you have a big valuable experience and if I want show my work, this is something very personal and I shall show what I think it is important for me communicate, even if I’m wrong.

I have just to sain again a BIG THANK YOU my friends

Cheers
Lluis


El 14/02/2015, a las 07:42, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribió:

> Hi Lluis,
> My immediate response is???? Go with your own HEART and GUT FEELINGS!  It's
> your show! It isn't easy for the final selection. However, it is best "YOU
> CUT IT RIGHT DOWN TO YOUR DECISION!"
> 
> Be tough in your selection, one more time! Then go back and do it again even
> tighter! THEN AGAIN ONE MORE TIME!!!  Certainly before you throw it open for
> the many hundreds of eyes from the LUG! Who will more than likely create the
> biggest confusion you'll ever have in your life!:-( IT WOULD AND WILL BE A
> MASS OF CONFUSION!
> 
> Selection by the masses never works!! As they can't hardly agree on a single
> Friday Flower? 
> And you think the LUG Rat-Pack are going to select the best photos
> representing some of the best work of your life?
> 
> NEVER HAPPEN MY FRIEND!! :-( BITE THE BULLET AND SELECT YOUR OWN!!!! And if
> you should go for some selection advice? Have a few of the lads living there
> in Europe who can stand by your side and look at real prints while
> discussing the selection!! Not off the screen!
> 
> I've had to edit the works of many hundreds of photographers during my
> tenure as assisting director of the NFB Stills department back in the early
> '70s! Trust me, "A gang bang edit selection effort?" 
> 
> ISN'T WORTH THE EFFORT AS IT ONLY CREATES A HUGE AMOUNT OF CONFUSION FOR THE
> ARTIST WHOSE PHOTOGRAPHY WILL BE SHOWN!
> 
> Ask yourself this question? "Would HCB ask more than 200 photographers to
> select his images for a gallery showing of his photography?"   NOT ON YOUR
> LIFE! So suck it up, edit hard and tough and do it several times and during
> different times of the day! Walk away if and when you feel stressed out!
> That's why you edit at different times of the day and only when you feel up
> for another look!
> 
> But for heaven's sake do not post them for the LUG CREW to select! Complete
> confusion will reign. 
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Lluis Ripoll
> Sent: February-13-15 6:47 PM
> To: Leica Users Group; MUGers at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Leica] Some help please for rating pictures for my exhibition
> 
> 
> With the person of the Gallery we have selected 200 pictures from my
> archives, in the exhibition there is place for 60 pictures. I have do my own
> selection and pre-selected 102, I have to reject 42.
> 
> There is some website or maybe in Wordpress where I can upload the 200
> pictures and be rated? On such case I would ask for your possible help and
> your ratings will help a lot. Thank you in advance if some of you have some
> information.
> 
> Saludos cordiales
> Lluis
> 
> 
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