Digital BW, The Print

I'm sorry you feel that we would operate this way. No one associated with Hawk Mountain Papers judged this contest. We held a contest for images (photographs and artwork) printed on our papers by our customers. So we "know" everyone who entered  since they purchase our paper, and many others besides Clayton also promote our paper among their acquaintances. Many of the prints from the contest are on display tomorrow, Friday and Saturday in our booth at PhotoPlusExpo.
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Hawk Mountain Papers
www.hawkmtnartpapers.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Keenan 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 5:16 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] RE: Congratulations, Clayton, on your success - 2005 Print Contest


  I hate to be the cynic around here but...

  Does it strike any one else as, um, curious that Clayton was awarded these honors by a company that makes photographic ink jet paper and Clayton enjoys the reputation where his word is gold as far as which papers the rest of us should buy and use?

  Now, I haven't seen his image and perhaps it is truly wonderful and given his reputation, it probably is.

  I would hope that Hawk Mountain truly did pick their winners in a completely blind way -- and they probably did.

  Still, in these increasing sad days where it is gets harder and harder to know who to trust, I just find this worthy of comment.

  Okay, I've ducked and covered and am awaiting the flames that this message will probably invoke... ;)

  Dave.
  -- 
  David Keenan, ausdlk@... on 10/18/2005

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