That was a mixed bag of brilliance and mediocrity, but the winner was clearly the most deserving.
Interesting, for a worldwide competition, open to all regardless of age, amateur/professional status or whatever, I wonder how many of us even knew it was underway. Certainly, I've seen no mention of it in Australian press, or on any internet news or photography site. The theme of water sustainability would have been most apt in my country, but I doubt that many Australian photographers were aware of the competition. I gleaned this quote from http://www.prixpictet.com/about/ "Entry to the Prix Pictet is by nomination. A global nominations panel of 49 leading experts in the visual arts, from six continents, has made over 200 nominations from 43 countries that will lead to the image or set of images that will, in the opinion of the independent jury, have the power and artistic quality demanded by the Prix." But there was no mention of who these shadowy nomination panels were, or how they operated or could be approached. So I applied for their email updates and enquired of the identity of their "regional media partners" for my country, and suggest that anyone interested should do the same. Otherwise the next you will hear of this competition is when the next winner is announced. Regards, Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bob W > Sent: Friday, 31 October 2008 9:33 AM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: The world's richest photo prize > > ...apparently: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7701187.stm > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
