Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The conditions: http://www.leica-camera.com/kultur/events/wettbewerbe/obp/index_e.html - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan C" <leicaman@sympatico.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 1:21 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: WOW! > 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? > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html