Playing the percentages
As of last night, there were over 800 entries in the M-Campaign. I have seen at best, maybe two dozen shots Leica could consider in their marketing campaign.
Well,what is wrong with that?
I remember talking to a very well-known professional photographer who explained it this way: As an amateur, I am lucky if I can get one shot in a hundred. He on the other hand, as a pro, gets 1.5 per hundred!
The message is that good photographs do not come easily. Cartier-Bresson shot over 15,000 rolls of film. How many of his photographs have been published? 500? 1000? His percentages are better than the amateur, but not by much.
Leica is showing a lot of intestinal fortitude by asking for photographic submissions from amateurs. Let us just enjoy the experiment, ignore the crap, and embrace the best.
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