Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bubblegum music, intended for the AM radio crowd, danceable and upbeat, light and airy, with repetitious lyrics, non-political, etc. S. Dimitrov > From: "Leonard J Kapner" <ljkapner@cox.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:27:48 -0700 > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] The Barnack Award, or bubble gum photography! > > Slobodan, > > I don't know what "bubble gum" photography is, but I find this series of > images for the most part rather contrived, dull and uninteresting - a pale > imitative reflection of the Arbus photo-documentary approach to subject > matter. > > But, maybe that's how Coney Island comes across to the European observer... > > Len > > -- > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Slobodan > Dimitrov > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 9:03 AM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] The Barnack Award, or bubble gum photography! > > I decided to enter this year's Oskar Barnack Award 2004 competition. I > figured what did I have to lose but a little bit of mail cost. It's been an > interesting experience, in that it's like throwing something into a big > black pit and not hearing when it lands. > They finally posted the results on the Leica website, and I have to admit I > wasn't disappointed. Most of their past selections have shown a > predilection > toward a particular style, or mannerism, that is essentially European in > execution. > > http://www.leica-camera.com/kultur/events/wettbewerbe/obp/index_e.html > > I kept mulling of what it reminded me of, when it dawned on me where I've > seen the like of it before. In this case, more like where I've heard it > before, as the term bubble gum popped into my brain. > I guess that this is their way of going after the youth market, by > selecting > what is essentially 70's retro imagery. In other words bubble gum > photography. > S. Dimitrov > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information