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

[Lluis Ripoll]

Thank you Chris, is a good idea, I will try it with the final selection. As you know, when you have to select 60 pictures, the last 100 or 120 are te most difficult….

Cheers
Lluis


El 15/02/2015, a las 11:16, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> escribió:

> 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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> 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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