[Leica] Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA)

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

I understand about student contests. It's to give students the  
opportunity to compete on their own level.
On the other hand: it is a way to organise a competition without the  
necessity of market standard prizes.
So sometimes it's a PR technique, too. Or -when reading most of the  
copyright rules coming with these competitions, plain theft.

I assume that 'professionals only' is a way to set the bar. Not that  
every amateur is amateuristic, far from that, but there are a lot of  
hobbyists around, too.
The majority even.

 From Leica though, it seems strange to only invite pros: how many of  
them using a Leica are left?
And a lot of true amateurs using a Leica produce good work: a few of  
these reside on our gallery.

Philippe



Op 29-dec-07, om 23:36 heeft Michiel Fokkema het volgende geschreven:

> Only for professionals. Which is a pity.
> I deliberate choose to stay an amateur to make sure I would never  
> be bothered by any commercial, deadlines or restrictions.
> Does anybody has any clue why contests like these are restricted to  
> professionals only? Some contests are even restricted to students  
> only.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michiel Fokkema
>
> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> Having sent in our best shots for the LUG Book...
>> We can send them in for these deals:
>> After down loading the PDF's.
>> http://www.ces-show.com/0008/leica/contestcompetition/photo-contest/
>> "?Leica Oskar Barnack Award? (deadline January 31, 2008) and  
>> ?Leica European
>> Publishers Award for Photography? (deadline March 21, 2008)  
>> competitions for
>> professional photographers. "
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> markrabiner.com
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