PDN article

2003-08-21 Thread Butch Black
Hi guys; There's an article on Schneider and his lost POY awards at PDN http://pdnonline.com He was the guy that spoke at GFM. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hess (Demian)

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2003-08-21 Thread T Rittenhouse
de an example of, the PDN article makes that clear. A jealous competitor in the contest complained. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 21

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2003-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "T Rittenhouse" Subject: Re: PDN article > And from my point of view he did nothing that changed the meaning of the > photographs. Getting rid of a distracting background is a long long way from > cloning in someone who wasn't there. I

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2003-08-21 Thread Doug Franklin
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 20:56:14 -0600, William Robb wrote: > But where do you draw the line? > Do you draw it at no editorializing? Just a bit? > And who decides if the content has effectively changed? To me, that's the crux of the issue. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", and so is the "meani

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2003-08-21 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Doug Franklin" Subject: Re: PDN article > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 20:56:14 -0600, William Robb wrote: > > > But where do you draw the line? > > Do you draw it at no editorializing? Just a bit? > > And who decides if the content

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2003-08-22 Thread frank theriault
That's the problem, isn't it? A photojournalist has to make a photograph that ~looks good~. If it has no impact, it won't be looked at, and it might as well not be taken. If it lacks impact, no editor is going to put it in the paper. If it has great impact, it might even end up on the front pag

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2003-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
"T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I wondered why Schneider was singled out to be made an example of, the PDN >article makes that clear. A jealous competitor in the contest complained. I don't know if the photographers who complained were competitors, but

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2003-08-22 Thread Cotty
>> > But where do you draw the line? >> > Do you draw it at no editorializing? Just a bit? >> > And who decides if the content has effectively changed? >> >> To me, that's the crux of the issue. "Beauty is in the eye of the >> beholder", and so is the "meaning" of a photo. Some leave less to the

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2003-08-22 Thread Steve Desjardins
My attitude on this is simple. If you think these burns go over the line, then change the policies if the paper and the contest. They had no right (in my opinion) to retroactively punish Schneider since what he did was accepted practice at the time and most of these hypocrites knew exactly what

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2003-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > But where do you draw the line? >>> > Do you draw it at no editorializing? Just a bit? >>> > And who decides if the content has effectively changed? >>> >>> To me, that's the crux of the issue. "Beauty is in the eye of the >>> beholder", and so is the "meani

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2003-08-22 Thread T Rittenhouse
? Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:56 PM Subject: Re: PDN article > - Original Message

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2003-08-22 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > "T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I wondered why Schneider was singled out to be made an > example of, the PDN > >article makes that clear. A jealous co

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2003-08-22 Thread Mark Roberts
"tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> "T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >I wondered why Schneider was singled

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2003-08-22 Thread Treena
the stakes are the highest. And a lot of those editors, if they smell a winner, will be more than happy to make that "little" alteration for you, if you haven't done it yourself. - Original Message - From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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2003-08-22 Thread Keith Whaley
Treena wrote: > > Speaking as a photojournalist and editor whose work is entered in contests > every year, the pressure to produce prizewinning photos is immense. The > photographers are usually awarded substantial bonuses for winning photos, > plus the paper in question (or its parent company)

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2003-08-22 Thread Treena
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 12:58 PM Subject: Re: PDN article > > > Treena wrote: > > > > Speaking as a photojournalist and editor whose work is entered in contests > > every year, the pressure to produce prizewinning photos is immense. The >

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2003-08-22 Thread Keith Whaley
keith > - Original Message - > From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 12:58 PM > Subject: Re: PDN article > > > Treena wrote: > > > > > > Speaking as a photojourna

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2003-08-22 Thread Treena
without saying. - Original Message - From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 2:39 PM Subject: Re: PDN article > > > Treena wrote: > > > > No, actually. I'm both at once. I'm the managing

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2003-08-22 Thread Cotty
>I knew one photographer who staged every >photo he took. HCB? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk

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2003-08-25 Thread Treena
id we'll see a trend back to that again. - Original Message - From: "Stephen Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:24 AM Subject: Re: PDN article > William Robb wrote: > > > I draw a very clear line betwe