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

[Chris Crawford]

Luis,

Something I was taught to do in art school was to make small prints of all
the photos you¹re considering for your exhibit, then tape them to a wall
in your house and ³live with them² for a week or two. Seeing them up on
the wall every day, you start noticing that some are weak or don¹t fit in
with the rest, and some are ones you can¹t stop looking at. It makes
choosing your images for exhibit much easier. I still choose work for
exhibits this way.

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Chris Crawford
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On 2/14/15, 9:16 PM, "Lluis Ripoll" <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com>
wrote:

>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 I¹m 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-----
>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
>>Behalf Of
>> 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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