At 04:48 PM 11/10/2002 +0000, you wrote: >> >> Seems to me that PF members might find this project worthwhile. The >2002 >> winner was certainly not up to the quality of the better PF gallery >> contributors. > >"Slides and photographs will not be returned." > >Read the next bit carefully --- I added the extra line breaks. ;o) > >" The Council reserves full rights to reprint, > >"reproduce > >"or display any submitted works in any of the Council's publications." > > >So there's no prize and an unscrupulous Council could almost do what >the heck they like. >I suspect that a couple of things contribute to any perceived low >standard > >1) Any serious photographer with a half decent shot would not accept >those terms. >2) A bias towards work from less developed countries ? > >The lack of a prize is less concern to me than the loss of the shot >... > > >Bob > > Do I detect a bit of cynicism here Bob? Where does it say the photographer looses the rights to the picture? Why should anyone suspect this organization is unscrupulous? I think a serious photographer would be just as likely as an unserious one to contribute to a worthy cause. I have to believe that the jurors would look for the best pictures wherever they come from. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. http://www.panoramacamera.us
