Fascinating (in Mr Spock of Vulcan way)... I tend to agree with you on most of the sentiments you expressed.
In fact, I kind of thought it would be competitive (the Pentax gallery thingie) from the start. Given the fact that the submitted work is filtered by someone else immediately implies that there are criteria to be met. And here we have it - the competition. Boris Cotty wrote: > On 27/09/07, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I really thought that you were rather competitive person, Cotty. I am >> fairly competitive, but in photography I don't feel any desire to prove >> anything. So I don't really participate in competitions... > > My competitive side extends solely to my professional life. Needs must. > Beyond that, I'm not a keen advocate of the 'I am better than you and I > would like it personally vindicated' philosophy. > > Actually I see any photographic competition as utterly pointless. To > encourage creativity? Loada bollux! I can just about understand the need > for people to want to belong to something they believe in, or would like > to be a part of, but anything that by nature is exclusive does not get > my support or interest. > -- 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.
