Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yup, that?s where the comments on the Barnack Award photographer and her work came from! ?howard > On Jul 11, 2015, at 6:08 PM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: > > This is brilliant, try it out! > > http://www.artybollocks.com/#abg_full > > Cheers > Douglas > > > > On 11.07.2015 19:56, Steve Barbour wrote: >> sadly, this is why inevitably leica will self destruct?.! >> >> >> incredibly poor choices, horribly carried out, no taste, trying to be oh >> so different and oh so cute. >> >> >> s >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jul 11, 2015, at 10:46 AM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: >>> >>> +1 Pure Garbage! >>> >>> Gene >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:13:40 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Barnack Award >>> >>> Howard my dear friend, >>> You couldn't have said it better! Oh sorry yes it could've been. ;-) >>> But I truly believe the administrator would've been mighty upset at the >>> descriptive force of the language! :-) >>> >>> The other major point here is? The absolute dumb ass "so called judges" >>> who selected these questionable images must be the most dead brained >>> morons on Planet Earth! Whether they work for the LEICA CORPORATION OR >>> NOT! >>> cheers, >>> Dr ted Grant >>> TEDGRANTPHOTO.COM >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On >>> Behalf Of Howard Ritter >>> Sent: July-10-15 7:46 PM >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Barnack Award >>> >>> No compositional technique >>> No technical accomplishment >>> No interesting situations or contexts >>> No pleasing juxtapositions of elements, colors >>> No dynamism (OK, once maybe) >>> No decisive moment >>> No personal insight or revelations re subjects >>> Overwrought art-appreciation 101 interpretive comments and interview >>> responses >>> Hyperbolic characterization of the nature of the series >>> ?Truth of an undisguised moment?? No, just artless snapshots (not >>> ?snapshot-like?, but actual snapshots!) of passers-by on bikes and >>> scooters >>> Standing in ankle-deep water? Oh, the humanity! >>> >>> For heaven?s sake, these are FLASH SNAPS OF PASSING PEOPLE ON BIKES IN >>> THE RAIN AT NIGHT! Now, that would have been an honest title! The only >>> thing even moderately interesting is that they were taken by a young >>> Polish woman in China who had the nerve (and rudeness) to ambush wet, >>> inconvenienced, and annoyed people with a flash camera, without the >>> language skills to ask permission or explain herself. That kind of >>> ?interesting? is probably not something that Oskar would like to have >>> given his honorific to. >>> >>> ?howard >>> >>>> On Jul 10, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> "Her snapshot-like images speak of the truth of an undisguised moment." >>>> >>>> http://blog.leica-camera.com/leica-videos/wiktoria-wojciechowska-leica-oskar-barnack-newcomer-award-2015/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeicaCamera+%28Leica+Camera+Blog%29 >>>> >>>> Opinions? >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tina Manley >>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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