Re: [Leica] FOM 2/year 2

[Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>]

>Alastair and everybody else,
>
>Just want to say that I still completely endorse FOM 2. And Alastair is
>making reference (below) to me from a off-list comment that I had made to
>him a few weeks ago about the final results of last Years FOM 2. I had
>commented to him that i thought the judging was poor, had way to much
>emphasis with pictures of kids (a full 50% of last years selections has a
>picture of a kid in it) and I said to him that I thought that the first
>year's selections were way too "white-bread" and because of that would fail
>any critical arts revue. The only other objection I have is the 'goofy'
>category titles for this year's FOM 2.
>
>I want to make it clear that I have nothing against kids in pictures, except
>in this case, with Alastair hoping for FOM 2 to evolve into a book and a
>travelling exhibition, the, "oh! isn't little Mary so cute." tone will
>gaurantee negative critical revue.
>
>As far as the 'goofy' category titles, they probably should remain the same
>year-to-year, last years were okay.
>
>As for the judging, I do not know the answer, Alastair has suggested that we
>volunteer to be judges, which I might consider doing if I knew more about
>what is involved. The other thing about the final selections, Alastair as
>Curator should understand that he has the power to overrule the judges
>selections, and to make selections of his own which will help make FOM 2 a
>critical success.
>
>I want to be clear that I am 100% behind Alastair's FOM 2 and will be
>sending in my submissions in a few weeks.
>
>Regards,
>
>sl

thanks Steve, I will be keen to see them, and will let you know more 
about the judging aspect when the group has made a few more comments

Cheers
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Alastair Firkin

http://www.afirkin.com

http://www.familyofman2.com

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