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2008-Mar-26
by Joćo Medeiros

I would really like to start a discussion on the theme of serie's. There's been excelent work form various users that should be given a proper "tool" "space" to present their work, don't you agree? suggestions? opinions? Thanks!

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Please, comment on this one! Your thoughts are important! Thank you!

Joćo Medeiros Win ¤ ¤ at 18:42 EDT on 2008-Mar-26 [Reply]

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Good point. MFTs has never been a venue for photo essays, and members have never known how to react to them. It always is a battle to suggest that a group of images can tell a story, and that a series may indeed be greater than the sum of the individual images. But that's OK I guess.

E. Edwin Ennor ~ (E³) HoF Win ¤ $ at 21:34 EDT on 2008-Mar-26 [Reply]

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been always a supporter of series.
and loved the essay competitions...

December 2006 to January 2007 - Photo Essay Competition

February 2005 - Photo Essay Contest

there is so much more in a whole series than just in a single image.
but one needs to view and judge a series differently compared to a "one shot"

michael hoefner HoF Win ¤ $ at 04:32 EDT on 2008-Mar-27 [Reply]

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YES!

You have my whole-hearted support on this. EEE is correct about a series being greater than the sum of it's parts.

But, and this is an observation rather than a negative, MFT has traditionally not been over receptive to "documentary" type endeavours, which is a shame, but that's no reason not to champion it's cause.

Thanks for bringing this up Joao

kind regards

Andy

Andy Collin HoF Win ¤ $ at 14:41 EDT on 2008-Mar-27 [Reply]

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Thanks guys! But i think its really important to have this feature "series" "essays" in MFT, i would really like to hear A&M on this one, it would benefict the community both in being creative and giving the experience to comment and also show a full body of work. Regards!

Joćo Medeiros Win ¤ ¤ at 17:59 EDT on 2008-Mar-27 [Reply]

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I agree as well, it would be nice to have this as an option for those interested...

Geno Sajko HoF Win ¤ $1 at 10:20 EDT on 2008-Mar-28 [Reply]

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I have to support this wholeheartedly and I would encourage A & M to begin a structure to enable this concept (with user input of course guys). Good point joao. george

george shaw ¤1 at 00:09 EDT on 2008-Apr-02 [Reply]

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A&M i really hope you give this the attention it deserves....please do comment! Best wishes.

Joćo Medeiros Win ¤ ¤1 at 17:04 EDT on 2008-Apr-18 [Reply]

Great Idea!

We need to come up with a simple and elegant way of incorporating such a tool/space for photo essays. And while unfortunately this feature can't make it into the MFT work we've just contracted out, we can certainly start up a new photo essay competition in the near future.

Cheers and thanks for the suggestion Joao!
Alan and Mario

Alan and Mario at 00:25 EDT on 2008-Apr-21 [Reply]

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It seems like it would be a simple matter to allow for a new folder option of "Photo Essay". All photos within any member's named "Photo Essay" folder (or folders) would allow for comments on individual images from users of this site, but the option for rating would only be available within the folder that contains all images, which could be viewed as a slide show.

E. Edwin Ennor ~ (E³) HoF Win ¤ $ at 10:25 EDT on 2008-Apr-23 [Reply]

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Thank you A&M for the feedback and positive comment. I agree with Edwin and it is a simple solution.

Joćo Medeiros Win ¤ ¤ at 15:19 EDT on 2008-Apr-25 [Reply]