Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't remember it, Aram. However, I've just glanced at the photos and have to say they're not my particular cup of tea, so maybe I saw it and mentally dismissed it. My loss and the all embracing world of art's gain, I'm afraid. Douglas On 12/02/2022 15:27, Aram Langhans via LUG wrote: > Frank was referring to an email from the Leica Users Group.? Here is > the link for those interested in what started the whole discussion. > > https://petapixel.com/2022/02/02/the-winners-of-the-international-landscape-photographer-of-the-year-2021/ > > > > Aram > > > On 2/9/2022 12:05 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> Ermm, Frank, all very fascinating I'm sure. I know I've been busy, >> and may have overlooked the topic you are talking about, but I >> haven't seen anything on this topic on the LUG. Have you been over >> processing and included a process that should have been excluded - to >> whit the LUG email address when the email should have only gone to >> LRflex? The curious need to know. >> :-) >> Douglas >> >> >> On 09/02/2022 19:24, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote: >>> I take exception to the way this topic is going.... uppity. >>> >>> First, it is about Nature, and not Photo Journalism.?? Thus, >>> manipulation of the image is up to the Artist.? There is no right or >>> wrong.? Anything is fair, that passes the rules of the competition.? >>> Since it did indeed win, it must have passed the rules. >>> >>> Second, the image was granted a People?s Choice Award.? Which, to my >>> way of thinking, it is an award SELECTED by the general population, >>> not a judge. The concept of Taste, artistry, technical achievement, >>> etc has no standard.? It really also is not a concept that was the >>> basis for giving it an award. >>> >>> Third, the general talk that I hear is that the population in >>> general LIKES and favors "over saturated" images.? Same was true on >>> Pictorialism in the early 1900's.? It is a FASHION or TREND, not a >>> fact.? Certainly not a rule. >>> >>> Last:? it all about taste. Maybe not yours, maybe not mine, but, in >>> truth, someone had to vote it "Best" of the applicants. Someone >>> liked it, best. >>> >>> So let's not get too uppity.... it is one form of expression that >>> someone else liked....?? That is all it is.... And judging it, >>> outside the rules of the contest in which it was submitted, is >>> unfair to the artist, and, in my estimation, pretty petty. >>> >>> Let's all be a bit more lenient and less judgemental. >>> >>> my $0.02 >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> BMWRed735i at gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>