Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rob-- THANK YOU. Your note said what I was thinking, but much better. I, too, would be very interested in examples that are NOT yawn inducing. John > >I need some decoding help: > > ". . . sure looks like NGO photography to me." As in "non-governmental >organization"? If so, what specifically do you mean by "NGO >photography"? What particular style/viewpoint do you instantly >associate with the photography created for NGO's all over the world? > >"I've had a number of friends complain that photojournalism is dying. A >number have bailed out and gone on to more commercial ventures." >Speaking of stifled yawns, photojournalists "bailing" and moving to more >commercial ventures is stale news. It's been happening since the day a >talented news photographer learned that >fashion/commercial/wedding/children-and-dog work paid far better and >didn't require getting dirty hands (or recurring nightmares). Did a guy >like John Stanmeyer of VII just get confused somewhere along the way, >since he was a fashion/commercial photographer and is now an >international PJ. What's that all about? > >"whining pollyanna rubric" Whose? I got lost in that sentence; is it >those showing "editorial disinterest" or the photojournalists? In >either case, please present concrete examples. I'm not sure I'm clear >on your notion of a "whining pollyanna rubric" in any case. > >And speaking of concrete examples, please offer a few links to sites >with more potent, less yawn-inducing photojournalism. I'm seriously >excited by the prospect, as I found the VII site one of the most >compelling I've seen in a long time. > >Rob Schneider > > > >Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > >> I don't know, but it sure looks like NGO photography to me. >> I've had a number of friends complain that photojournalism is dying. A >> number have bailed out and gone on to more commercial ventures. Which >> make wonder if this isn't a coming ground swell of _concerned >> photographers_ trying to stem the tide of editorial disinterest with >> their whining pollyanna rubric. >> Albeit the work is technically sound, I had to stifle a number of >>mental yawns. >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> > >-- >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