Comments on: I Want A Photo Editing Award

By: Gg

Gg — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:47:52 +0000

Hey that’s a grand idea, but we have to form a union first, Norma Ray style.

It’s amazing that photos get the fuzzy end of the lollipop when magazines are such a visual medium and without us they’d be the phone book, a sea of boring type.

Lets start the association now, and awards in December…

By: skip

skip — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:20:15 +0000

Its all about control.

By: narayan

narayan — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:29:06 +0000

so would photographers nominate the editors for these awards?

By: DanB

DanB — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:33:09 +0000

Well…you get some recognition Rob. I just saw your name in the new PDN photo annual!

By: scott Rex Ely

scott Rex Ely — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:04:19 +0000

Awards for photo editing? That’s like hiring Mario Batalli and winning an award for being a food critic. Now if you want to give an award for hiring great shooters and see who came up with the best budget management, that would float for me.

By: Darrell Eager

Darrell Eager — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:08:19 +0000

Well no mater what, I think it should be called the APE Award.
So maybe you should try to TM it.

By: A Photo Editor

A Photo Editor — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:40:14 +0000

I thought about doing something myself but decided to put it out there for the more influential DOP’s who read the blog to think about.

By: Darrell Eager

Darrell Eager — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:31:04 +0000

I need a proof reader, but you get the idea.

By: paola brivio

paola brivio — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:30:52 +0000

Paola Brivio and Paola Vozza (we work toghether at Geo) totally agree with you. So let’s try the way to establish a photoediting award. Is there any way to promote it together with other photoeditors?
We love striving for the recognition of our profession. We have been doing this in Italy too, where only recently the photoeditors in the magazines are being discovered as a necessary role in the editorial staff.
In Italy it is not easy for a photo editor to have an outstanding role in defining the style of the magazine through his/her job.
So let’s do something for your great idea!
Ciao
Paola & Paola

By: John Loomis

John Loomis — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:27:25 +0000

I’ll start up one myself if I bank on getting $75 per entry (only $150 for a series!) - that’s the game, right?

Magazine photo editing does play a big role in the Missouri POYi competition, but its almost exclusively “journalism” outlets and is therefore out of touch with what the majority of magazines are doing.

I’d imagine that your editor prancing up on stage to accept an award on behalf of his art department garners some goodwill in the first place, but PE’s do deserve their own red carpet and the chance to say, “wow, this thing really is heavy!”

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:21:11 +0000

awards are so subjective, it sometimes it is a waste of time, but keep it up

By: Darrell Eager

Darrell Eager — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:18:47 +0000

Why don’t you just start handing out “APE” awards. Of it will be small at first, but I’m sure in a small amount of time you’ll have sponsors and in no time it will become sought after award.
You can have ceremony in your small town in Montana and it would be thought of as the Sundance of the magazine photo awards.
Run with it! But, not like with scissors.

By: Smith+Fritzy

Smith+Fritzy — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:15:15 +0000

Here in the West, we had the Western Publications Association awards in LA last weekend. Seems kind of silly everyone had their awards at the same time. Nonetheless, categorically its pretty similar to what you’re saying - not a lot of awards, if any that I can remember, for either photography or design, but definitely for stories. I think it is a bit of a sham. However, the Florida Magazine Association does have photography and design awards and have done a great job of giving credit where credit is due. Out of most of the associations I know of, the FMA is one of the better ones.