Well said, Mark. I noticed that the Dec. Pop Photo included a Pentax add wherein another gallery contributor was featured, Julie Quarry. I first noticed the feature in the Nov issue. I suspect it would be a rush for a lot of photographers to be so featured. Exposure could be a benefit.
Jack --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > >On Nov 19, 2007, at 8:58 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > >> When I was about 5 years old one of my favorite stories was "The > >> Little > >> Red Hen". She spends most of the story trying to get the other > >> barnyard > >> animals to help her make bread, but no one wants to help with > >> harvesting the wheat, grinding it into flour, making the dough, > >> etc.... > >> but in the end they all want to help eat the loaf. > >> > >> The Pentax Gallery seems to be a little like that: A lot of people > > >> want > >> to get their photos shown there, but very few pitch in to the work > > >> that > >> makes the Gallery possible. > > > >The question this raises is: "What is the purpose of the PPG and > does > >the voting system actually support achieving that goal?" > > > >My understanding is that the PPG is a site designed to attract > >customers and sell Pentax equipment. It's not an artists' collective > > >web gallery presented for the purpose of celebrating photography or > > >selling the artists' work. It's a marketing tool in which Pentax > >offers users of their equipment a place to show work that they, > >Pentax, deem to show the equipments' capabilities in a good enough > >light to motivate sales. > > > >On that basis, it is Pentax responsibility to fund and manage the > >submission and acceptance business, not anyone else's. > > I certainly understand that view. But I have a hard time believing > that > all these photographers are sending in images with the impression > they're doing nothing more than contribute to a marketing campaign. > If > you hold the view then I'd think you'd be morally obliged to refuse > to > participate (send images). > > My view is that the gallery is group effort that is also a means of > promotion for the photographers whose work is on display. (And the > tougher it is to get work accepted, the more valuable acceptance is). > > So from my perspective, anyone submitting photos and expecting the > benefits of recognition that come with acceptance is morally > obligated > to assist is making the project work and pitching in every once in a > while. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
