They do something like this on the Street Photography list called the Salon. It is a lot of fun, and I think recognizing a theme in your pictures or even shooting with a theme in mind has interesting aspects. In the context of photoforum something like this might encourage more discussion around pictures, which I, for one would welcome. You can check out the Streetphoto Salon here: <http://www.genec.com/federico/salon/index.php> These are the rules for it: <http://www.cupidity.force9.co.uk/splistsalon.htm> The idea of anonymous postings and giant colossal prizes is intriguing...what do you have in mind-a year's supply of toothpaste... or nail polish? Also, if you've got web space posting pictures there and then posting the URL to the list is pretty simple. Just posting a link and inviting discussion is an easy way to go, though you shouldn't count on a toothpaste bonanza, unless the picture is really something! Something like this might be worth a try. Of course, we could just review pictures with a simple "huh", more often. That seems to get things going! A. >So anyway I was thinking that shooting an iron might not tell people >very much about the photographer as a person. But what if we had an >intangible subject like 'failure' or 'respect'? I would think that kind >of an image would show the photographer's personality. > >I also looked at Christianne's portrait in the gallery and another thing >occurred to me. I would have known that was Christianne's portrait even >if her name was not on it. I would have enjoyed it if there had been no >names to the portraits in the gallery and members would have had a week >to match up names to portraits and win huge prizes. So I thought >wouldn't it be fun to shoot, say 'pride' then post the images and try to >match up the photographers to the images with giant, colossal prizes? > >After that I reinserted the toothbrush. > >Greg Fraser >http://www.geocities.com/fraserg1962 -- Alan P. Hayes Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design Pittsfield, Massachusetts
