Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is there a website showing winning photos? At 05:08 PM 4/9/98 -0500, Eric Welch wrote: >At 08:47 AM 4/9/98 -0700, you wrote: >>My philosophical question is, artistically, what is GOOD photography? >>A 6 year old with a P&S could just as easily win a prize as an old, bitter >>photographer who has been perfecting his craft for 50 years. So who is >>"better?" > >Considering the picture of Yeltsin dancing won a Pulitzer proves this to be >true. As a matter of fact, several amateurs have won the Pulitzer. But >that's because it's not judged for photographic quality, but for "being >there" when something happened. > >Pictures of the Year, or World Press Photo are much better judges of who is >good as the years pass. >========== > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >Logic: The art of being wrong with confidence... > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/