Digital BW, The Print

It seems like Mr. Maximishin's 'snapshots' get some
pretty reasonable recognition and publication. Maybe the
photo editors for these publications and the judges of these
photo contests are partial to 'snapshots' from 'third world
countries'?
-JimD

from:
 >http://maximishin.com/bio.php?lng=<
Publications:
The Times, Time, Newsweek, Parool, Liberation, Washington Post, The Wall 
Street Jornal, Stern, Business Week, Focus, Der Profile, Corriere della 
Sera, Izvestia, Ogonyok, Itogi and other.
Awards:
2001:

Russia Press Photo contest:
· First Place in "Culture" (single) category
· First Place in "Daily life" (project) category
· First Place in "Daily life" (single) category
"Golden pen" award from the St-Petersburg Union of Journalists
"Photographer of the year" award from"Ogonyok" magazine

2002:

Russia Press Photo contest:
· First Place in "the Nature, ecology and an environment" category
· Third Place in "People" category
· Third Place in "Humour" category
"Photographer of the year of St-Petersburg" award
"Best report of the year" award from the Russian Academy of Journalism

2003:

Russia Press Photo contest:
· First Place in "the Nature, ecology and an environment" (single) category
· Second Place in "People" category
· Second Place in "Culture" (project) category
· Second Place in "Culture" (single) category
· Third Place in "News" (project) category
· Special jury award

2004:

World Press Photo:
· First Place in "Arts and entertainment" (single) category

Russia Press Photo contest:
· First Place in "People" (single) category
· Second Place in "Daily life" (single) category
· First Place in "Culture" (single) category
· First Place in "Culture" (project) category


At 10:58 PM 4/17/2004, flyfishingusa2002 wrote:
>I agree, the work on the site to me is not much more than snapshots
>from a third world country. Most here in the USA simply have never
>seen these kind of conditions for themselves and consider it "ART"
>when seen in this form. All who think that it is art should buy a
>ticket and visit there. Try India, or Angolia or the slums of South
>America. It makes you appreciate living as we do, it's still not Art
>though.
>
>Sierra Gold--- In
>DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "raven4ns"
><cryptic@a...> wrote:
> >  I have never been able to appreciate the type of work exhibited at
> > the site suggested. It must be an acquired taste or one that I
> > simply do not have an educated palate for. Even in my taste of
> > paintings, it runs towards the works of Ruebens,Renoir and
> > Gainsborough. It seems that I must be lacking or deficient in some
> > way as not to appreciate this kind of photography but I am not
>moved
> > in the slightest by such work. Thank goodness there are others who
> > are moved by this kind of imagery.
> >
> >
> > Tim
>
>
>
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