[Leica] The Barnack Award, or bubble gum photography!

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

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