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OK, it's not the Pulitzer or anything particularly prestigious, but Mike Dixon's series of images of Renee took top honors (such as they are, plus 6 months of free hosting at photogserver.net) at the Black & White Forum.I apologize for pointing to another forum, particularly one where Leica users are a minority, but I thought some here might like to view the images there.
-- Ralph Barker (rbarker@pacbell.net), April 23, 2002
Wonderful wonderful wonderful wonderful.
-- lisa (lisa@yahoo.com), April 23, 2002.
Well deserved, indeed!
-- Dan Brown (brpatent@swbell.net), April 23, 2002.
Inspired genius.
-- rowly (rowlangd@aol.com), April 23, 2002.
He he what did he win a new pair of tights or a contax camera.
-- marsha (marshmolloy565@lineone.com), April 23, 2002.
Hi Ralph, I am a frequent visitor of Black and White Forum and your images were all very good if not excellent. Please post more.
-- edgaddi (edgaddi@msn.com), April 23, 2002.
That's not a photo-essay,it's a bit of bad poetry with 5 photographs at the side. A photo-essay is a story that is told in photographs.What story do those 5 photo's say? Nothing,that's what.Photo-essay my botty.
-- Phil the correct (philkneen@manx.net), April 23, 2002.
To Phil the Incorrect. Websters defines (in part) photo essay as:A series of photographs that conveys a story, usually accompanied by a written text. USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY A WRITTEN TEXT!! Of course I don't have the Phil's dictionary of 'know-lt-allness'.
-- Bob Todrick (bobtodrick@yahoo.com), April 23, 2002.
Well, I sort of agree with Phil. I think they're all quite nice pictures individually (not in the sublime genius league, though), but there isn't much variety of situations or setups. I wouldn't have called it a photoessay, myself, more a portfolio of images of Mike's friend Renée. I would personally either have gone for just the sequence on the windowsill alone, maybe with a single headshot or bracketed with a couple of headshots, or cut that to one image, it sort of overbalanced the whole thing. It would probably have worked best with just three pictures. But Mike didn't post it for comment here, so I'm likely just getting myself into trouble.Photoessay, whatever the dictionary definition, does imply the development of a theme or subject, which I think was lacking in this set of pictures.
-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), April 23, 2002.
Maybe we could leave off the discussion of Mike's photos since he didn't post them as a "photoessay" in THIS forum . . .
-- Preston Merchant (merchant@speakeasy.org), April 23, 2002.
Hey Bob,maybe you should buy that dictionary of 'know-it-allness'that I have,you might find yourself as informed as me.....no,maybe not,you said dictionary,not miracle worker.
-- Phil the Kelpie (philkneen@manx.net), April 23, 2002.
It's just so good to know some on this forum have such narrow definitions of what is and what isn't. I'm sure if Phil and such ran the world it would be a much more ordered and homogenous world, though dying of boredom would probably be a common cause of death.
-- Bob Todrick (bobtodrick@yahoo.com), April 23, 2002.
Just to put things into perspective: The "photoessay" was something I put together one night after a few beers in order to have a bit of fun. I didn't even realize there was a prize involved. Feel free to debate the true meaning of photoessay--I wasn't sure if the series actually fit the term, but I'm usually happy to subvert things to my ends.Oh, and Phil, it's not bad poetry--it's overwrought prose.
And thanks for the controversy! ; )
-- Mike Dixon (mike@mikedixonphotography.com), April 23, 2002.
Phil is just jealous because he can't get a hot model like Renee.
-- Dexter Legaspi (dalegaspi@hotmail.com), April 23, 2002.
Hi, Mike (if you are still around here . . .):Good job, for sure. I understand that opinions that really matter already said what really count: you won it, right ?
Congratulations, either in prose or verse! !
-Iván
-- Iván Barrientos M (ingenieria@simltda.tie.cl), April 23, 2002.
"If he's that good how come no one outside of this site has heard of him" - odd statement Phil. When Mike's name is run on a major search engine it comes up immediately (so someone like has heard of him). Other than the TT racer however no one seems to have heard of you. I think Mike has far more credibility than yourself. IMHO of course.
-- Bob Todrick (bobtodrick@yahoo.com), April 23, 2002.
why are you people wasting time responding to an anonymously posting idiot?why am i wasting time asking this question?
-- Pete Su (psu@kvdpsu.org), April 23, 2002.
i think somebody is very lonely.http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member.tcl? user_id=284529
-- Dexter Legaspi (dalegaspi@hotmail.com), April 23, 2002.
I thought April was the official "Be Mean to Idiots Month." Maybe not . . .A few additional thoughts on photo essays: No, I don't consider my little "story" to be a photo essay in the same sense as Rob's recent India series was a photo essay. But in terms of a modest internet contest that was willing to accept it, it's close enough.
I like filet mignon and a good single malt. But a cheeseburger and chocolate shake can also hit the spot.
Finally, is there anyone among forum contributors who has a good use for six free months of webhosting? (See the website Ralph lists for details about the features/terms--I think it's near the top of the forum linked to the photogserver.net banner.) I'm satisfied with my current server, and I'm too lazy to be switching things around. If there's someone around here who can put it to productive use, I'll be happy to hand over my prize. (I know that the other entrants in the contest already have sites/servers, or I'd offer it to one of them.)
-- Mike Dixon (mike@mikedixonphotography.com), April 23, 2002.
Almost forgot a final comment to today's resident idiot:Phil, insult me all you want (though I wish you would be at least mildly creative). But it shows a complete lack of class to insult Renee. What a douchebag you are . . .
[The insult got deleted. I just couldn't let it stay. -T]
-- Mike Dixon (mike@mikedixonphotography.com), April 23, 2002.
Darn it! There I go again..... I got crazy with that delete button, and...whoooosh! Looks like half the thread disappeared. sorry about that, folks...... I'll try not to have so much fun. Really. HOnest.
-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@mail.com), April 23, 2002.