Joe, I think this is a very good idea. Interesting to see what different people think of as a cliché. To Norwegian nature photographers, the no. 1 cliché is "Elk In Sunset". Which probably Wouldn't mean much to eg. Sridhar, Albano or Rob Studdert...:-)
Jostein Norwegian Lanscape Cliché-ist. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 7:14 PM Subject: April 2003 PUG > This is the PUG with the theme "Cliché." In my opinion, it is one of > Bill's most brilliant ideas. > > I suggest that we set up a vote for the best cliché photo that month. > (And I'm suggesting it for that month only, unless we want to make it an > annual.) > I have in mind something like the annual Bulwer-Lytton award. > Bulwer-Lytton was a Victorian novelist who wrote "It was a dark and > stormy night." So every year the Bulwer-Lytton award goes to the most > creative awful opening sentence - a classic cliché. People work hard to > produce them, and some are quite witty (www.bulwer-lytton.com). A > photography equivalent would be fun. > > Unless folks find this objectionable, I'll volunteer to handle the > e-mails and keep the tally. > > Joe > > P.S. I suspect that Cotty is the real annual winner of the Bulwer-Lytton > award, writing under various noms-de-plume. > >
