Category: Competitions
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The Entire Plan
And why we don’t have one. I never realised at the start of my photographic career…and I use the term in its broadest sense…that I never had a complete plan. I was within a small circle of endeavour that was whole; the photos I took and developed were for the high school yearbook, and this…
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Carry On, Sergeant.
A 1958 launch of one of the longer-running gags on the British cinema screen. Most of the following films were rewarding and some delightful. As a philosophy it also applies very much to photography today. We are being bombarded with advertisements that urge us to change, followed by news that tries to make us despair.…
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The Exhibition Of Exhibits
I don’t know why we haven’t tried this one before – it has the smell of money about it. Well, at least the smell of cheap wine and cheese on a stick… We photographers are always having exhibitions. Or curating exhibitions. Or going to exhibitions. Or reviewing exhibitions. If we were any more exhibitionist, we…
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Down ‘T Digital Mine
It’s only a coal face if the screen is black. I’ve finally come to realise that the photography game can be a coal pit for some people – and not a safe one either. They may not be killed by falling pit props, but they may succumb to falling prices and crushing debts. The problem…
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The Executive Committee Of The AIOU
Will deliver its ruling after consultation with representatives of interstate organisations. Was that a cork popping? I think negotiations have begun. Now we’ll see some art and science! The formation of a professional body to oversee trade is one thing. If it is allied to an trade organisation to oversee art, that is another. If…
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Which Is Better?
Michelangelo or Seurat? The answer, of course is, yes. I’m surprised you took so long to respond. Have you no morals? And there is the gallery/exhibition/school/expert world in close focus. Art as a competition between good and bad – between good, better, and best, between bad and worse. A competition with winners and losers and…
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” I’m Sure You Did Your Best . “
Why does this phrase make us nervous? Because it carries within itself the poisons of both pity and contempt. And it is a sly invitation to be further humiliated. It comes out every now and then in the photographic game when a client doesn’t like what they got or a judge isn’t going to award…
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Here It Is. Live Or Die…
The truth. Accept it or reject it as you will. a. Anyone who shows their photographs in an unpaid exhibition is a winner. They have overcome the fear of criticism and rejection. They have elected to show the world the vision behind their eyes. They have made a place in the universe. b. Anyone who…
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The Photographic Mine Field
Laying, clearing, or detonating…minefields are engaging places. You need your wits about you… I encounter them in the photo world. Some are laid round certain events or groups. The organisers of some shows and displays are very protective of their territory. No-one watching a Claymore picket line with their thumb on the clicker was ever…
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If Thou Would Be A Judge
Be a competent one. Note that I don’t say be fair, or kind, or friendly. None of these are needed in law courts and you can dispense with then when you are at the camera club as well. Do not play for favour or friendship. Play for keeps. a. Do not judge a competition for…
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