[Leica] Barnack Award 2015 - Public Award - it looks like Leica photography

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

I don't think the word marketing is out of place here, either. You cannot
be in the Fine Art market without a healthy dose of it.

I have no problems with others being induced into paying any amount for
what they apparently like, as long as they do not expect me to participate!

I collect art, including original prints (quite a few list members have
sold prints to me), and having been doing so for just under 30 years now. I
am quite well versed with the art world as an ever present potential
sucker. It is always the legal principle of caveat emptor (buyer beware)
that has to be foremost in your mind here, as it should in regard to
anything we spend money on.

To me, there seems to be a major element of sour grapes in this
discussion...

Cheers
Jayanand



On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 7:50 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Did this person get a proper sized lens shade for a reward?
>
> Vignetting on each and every shot, really?
>
> VERY nice photography.  Dramatic, strong, graphical, colorful.  Nice
> combination.
>
> The original subject, the "images" of people on bikes in the rain, reminded
> me of the art movements of the past where the major emphasis is on
> non-conformity to other types of work.  Different is the major emphasis.
>
> We saw some of this again this year while on vacation in England.  I refer
> to it as Crap Art.  Sells for big bucks, lots of "important" people say
> good
> things about it, looks like it could have been done by a computer aided
> monkey, rarely does it have technical proficiency.  It is also usually, in
> photographic terms, printed very large.
>
> I don't think the words Avant Garde are out of place.
>
> It also made me realize, again, why showing off your images to others is a
> major mistake.  Entering photo contests is even a worse mistake.  You get
> to
> see, as well as others see, what really won, and therefore denigrates your
> work to that of loser.
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
> Now this is more like photography. (Although 366 votes for the winning
> photographer is a bit meager)
>
> http://www.i-shot-it.com/photo-set-entry.php?pseid=551981291b0cf
>
> The main and newcomer award winners each received 10 points from the "real"
> world
>
> Douglas
>
> On 12.07.2015 13:12, Dan Khong wrote:
> > LUGgers
> >
> > Leica is always right. Don't you idiots out there know it by now?
> >
> > Dan K.
>
>
>
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