Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People have been keen to dismiss the work in various ways and I thanks you for being honest in the way you label it (as you see it). But if it really is just snaps, shouldn't we all just be able to reproduce such shots? Dog or no dog? Stuart Phillips - -----Original Message----- From: Mitch Zeissler [mailto:zeissler@directvinternet.com] Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 7:19 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] WOW! [or Why-Oh-Why] my final response All... I've read the thread with all the pro and con arguments. Call me a photo snob, but I'm still in Tina's court. The shots in question [http://www.leica-camera.com/kultur/events/wettbewerbe/obp/winner1/index _e.h tml] appear to be nothing more than snapshots that could have been attained by duct-taping a water-proof one-use camera onto the back of a dog and rigging an automatic 30 minute time release. I see little evidence of craft, vision, design, composition, intent, care or anything else that might indicate these images should have made it all the way to the final judging. That these images were judged the BEST of 272 entries from professionals all over the world AND that they earned the Oskar Barnack Prize for "outstanding, high-quality reportage photography" boggles the mind. Instead, I'm thinking conspiracy theory. I'm thinking the jury consisted of a bunch of Hermes hating fashion fanatics that wanted Leica global sales to tank because the M7 isn't available in chartreuse. Regards, /Mitch _________________________________________ Mitch Zeissler E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com - -- 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