After having gone through this exercise, knowing the work I put into my individual entries, the work that those who compiled the book put into it, and the work the gallery curator and Christine put into it, I've come away with an altered, possibly more accurate perception of the entire affair.
Knowing the above, I now find myself somewhat less hesitant to criticize selections that are made. I can't reasonably expect every image I like to be included, and those I feel ambivalent about to be excluded. It wasn't my role to select anything other than my own. Such criticism would, in my mind, seem to devalue the hard work that went into the production. I'm not saying anyone's doing that, just that I respect the individuals and the hard choices they must have had to make. (and of course not all images were eligible for inclusion) Tom C. > > In the majority of cases, it was because the photographer chose not to > participate in the gallery exhibit. And we couldn't force 'em ;-) > And most of the people who didn't want to be in the gallery show were > overseas and probably couldn't justify spending the money for > printing, framing and return shipping to be in a gallery they would > never see. > -- 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.
