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Title: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: cybernesco on November 04, 2010, 15:41


http://www.torontolife.com/daily/hype/awards-season/2010/11/04/non-photographer-wins-50000-photography-prize/ (http://www.torontolife.com/daily/hype/awards-season/2010/11/04/non-photographer-wins-50000-photography-prize/)
Title: Re: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: MarkFGD on November 04, 2010, 16:03
In May 2005, the second geezer down on this web page received top honors on American Photo’s list of the '100 Most Important People in Photography'. He's not a photographer either.

http://company.gettyimages.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=245&isource=corporate_website_officers (http://company.gettyimages.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=245&isource=corporate_website_officers)
Title: Re: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: travelstock on November 04, 2010, 16:28
Am I right in thinking that he won by submitting something that isn't actually a photo?
Title: Re: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: cybernesco on November 04, 2010, 16:40
Quote from: holgs on November 04, 2010, 16:28
Am I right in thinking that he won by submitting something that isn't actually a photo?

Amongst many photoshop processes,  looks like stacked layers of various images with various opacity setting.
Title: Re: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: melastmohican on November 04, 2010, 16:54
What next? 3D rendering of an object will win sculpture competition?
Title: Re: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: helix7 on November 04, 2010, 17:09
It sounds like all of the finalists' submissions were similarly composed images, featuring layers and collage techniques. So at least the winner was chosen from among similarly styled and composed pieces.

But that isn't exactly a photo competition then. Call it a "digital art" contest or something.
Title: Re: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: Graffoto on November 04, 2010, 18:13
^ This
Title: Re: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: RacePhoto on November 06, 2010, 22:55
Quote from: helix7 on November 04, 2010, 17:09
It sounds like all of the finalists' submissions were similarly composed images, featuring layers and collage techniques. So at least the winner was chosen from among similarly styled and composed pieces.

But that isn't exactly a photo competition then. Call it a "digital art" contest or something.

Exactly, it's digital art and judged by some crew of artists, with a final vote by online poll. Totally incredible and absurd! The wine and cheese crowd with their little caps and scarfs will be pleased by this as Avant-garde and groundbreaking work. The rest of us will see it as a pile of meaningless dung. Fun, frivolous, experimental and creative, but winning a photo contest. what?  ???
 
Title: Re: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: caspixel on November 07, 2010, 01:33
That doesn't even look like good digital art to me. Boring.
Title: Re: Non-photographer wins $50,000 photography prize
Post by: AdobeAndrew on November 11, 2010, 22:04
I agree. I wasn't really a fan of the piece. I often find digitally altered photo collages interesting, but not this one.