Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Pulitzer prize
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:10:27 -0400

Unless it's a really new practice, the answer is no. One is judged on one's
submission, NOT one's body of work....

At 10:09 AM 4/25/99 -0700, you wrote:
>JIB <jbuf@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>I am not sure that being nominated for a pulitzer, is really a test
>>of one's photographic ability. <snip> I have a lot of
>>friends that have paid their dues, and worked there butts off and have
>>never even been considered.
>
>Doesn't the Pulitzer committee request a portfolio from the nominees
>in order to evaluate their whole body of work (along with the nominated
>shot(s))? I'd heard they do that in order to eliminate the people who were
>simply fortunate enough to F8 and be there.
>
>Jim Bauman
>