Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/03

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: WOW!
From: Dan C <leicaman@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 14:21:27 -0400
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Actually, to be honest, I've jumped into this thing without reading the
conditions for this award.  Perhaps "reportage" or "photojournalism" were
not requirements.

dan c.

At 01:55 PM 03-08-02 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote:
>No. At least not in my hardly-humble-opinion. I cannot for the life of me
>see why they won a prize for "reportage." On the other hand, what the hell
>is "reportage?" I never see the word used anywhere but in Leica ads and
>websites.
>
>What she has in those photos is, IMHHO, a pretty amazing portfolio of color
>art photos - paintings on film, if you will.
>
>I think where the discussion has gotten a bit off-track over the past couple
>of days is with people getting hung up on the term photojournalism, and
>seeing it applied to this work. How about just accepting the work as
>"photography," and then judging it as such?

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