Got my 4 or 5 submission disks rejected by photo life today. Basically all my work from the last 8 years was turned down by Canada's leading photography magazine. They felt "My Fathers Last Days" and "Families of the Dump" plus all the other work submitted unworthy of publishing.
They also seem to not have known I am a Canadian, but why should that matter? Photography magazines should show good-great photographs, who cares where the photographer was born. The image, the story, the subject, the quality of the work is all that should matter. Your birth certificate? Where your from? Who cares!!
They included a photo contest link that has some nice imagery, pretty pictures with some fun unique compositions. Not really any real human emotions in any of the work. Lots of style not much substance in the examples posted. I will not be entering the contest, I try (not always sucessfully) to show real human emotion in my pictures, not into the glossy fluff stuff. Just in case some of you that read this blog might want to try entering pictures, there is some prize money involved. There is also an entry fee so this contest is a bit of a money grab as these things usually are. I included the rejection email with the link below:
Dear Gerry,
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They also seem to not have known I am a Canadian, but why should that matter? Photography magazines should show good-great photographs, who cares where the photographer was born. The image, the story, the subject, the quality of the work is all that should matter. Your birth certificate? Where your from? Who cares!!
They included a photo contest link that has some nice imagery, pretty pictures with some fun unique compositions. Not really any real human emotions in any of the work. Lots of style not much substance in the examples posted. I will not be entering the contest, I try (not always sucessfully) to show real human emotion in my pictures, not into the glossy fluff stuff. Just in case some of you that read this blog might want to try entering pictures, there is some prize money involved. There is also an entry fee so this contest is a bit of a money grab as these things usually are. I included the rejection email with the link below:
Dear Gerry,
Thank you for your interest in Photo Life magazine and for taking the time to share your work.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible for us to include your images in our 2015 editorial line-up. We receive a large volume of submissions, and while many of these present interesting images and topics, we unfortunately cannot publish them all. We also give priority to Canadian photographers and authors to help support our local industry.
We nonetheless invite you to participate in The World We Live In contest, which is open to Canadian and US residents. The next edition will be launched this June. You will find complete details here: http://www.photolife.
Kind regards,
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| April/May 2015 edition of Photo Life |
