On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
> I recall reading a lot of discussion about it a few months ago. > perhaps not on PDML, but somewhere. > > It really just goes to show how difficult real photojournalism is. > These students who faked their entry were able to set up scenes, pose > the subjects, choose time of day, weather, etc. for all their photos. > Honest entrants had to deal with the messy, uncooperative nature of > the real world. With such advantages, it isn't surprising that the > students who were willing to cheat won the contest. There were some good photos in there, staged or not. Obviously the fact that they were staged makes them "art photos" and not PJ or reportage. I've often voiced my dislike of photo contests here, and now I can add another arrow to my quiver of reasons - the distinct possibility of fraud or cheating! I guess I can understand that these students found past winners to be banal and uninspiring, but I disagree with their method of protesting - even though I personally don't like photography (or any art) competitions, I respect those that do - it's a personal choice, isn't it? And the action of these young people may only serve to bring that competition to an end. That is certainly disrespectful to the "real" entrants. If they didn't like what was going on, they should have just ignored it and not participated in any way. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
