PDN Photo Annual 2004

July 17, 2004 5:53 AM

PDN Photo Annual 2004 presents the year's most outstanding images from photographers, magazines, and agencies in 8 separate categories. The commercial work is great, but don't miss the personal and student categories. (Flash intro. Note to sponsors: larger online images next year, please!)
posted by madamjujujive (8 comments total)

Wow, this is good. Great photography is always wonderful to see.
posted by thebabelfish at 6:34 AM on July 17, 2004

Which starts an interesting train of toughts : what makes a photo better then others ? What makes the difference, if the difference exists and is presumed to be significant ? Why is your family photo not worthy of international shows ?
posted by elpapacito at 6:57 AM on July 17, 2004

mah brudder cleetus done had his finger jammed up his nose.
posted by quonsar at 7:03 AM on July 17, 2004

Rad. Jody Ake was a grad student during my BFA at the University of Oregon. Nice to see him getting some recognition.
posted by Hackworth at 11:20 AM on July 17, 2004

Good stuff, thanks!
posted by Ljubljana at 3:05 PM on July 17, 2004

elpapacito: According to Ansel Adams, There are “no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” If you're willing to settle for some good tips, the Photography Compositions Articles Library has quite a few, including the basics.
posted by oldmanyoung at 3:35 PM on July 17, 2004

Why is your family photo not worthy of international shows?

Probably because you either over- or under-exposed it.
Probably because it's not in focus, or there's no real subject.
Probably because it's of your family, and not something interesting. :)
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:02 PM on July 17, 2004

By the way, I just wanted to take this thread's topic-of-opportunity to show something incredible I saw recently:

Larger image.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:09 PM on July 17, 2004