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Picture That Won 'World's Largest Photo Competition' Was Staged (petapixel) [View all]
https://petapixel.com/2023/10/25/picture-that-won-worlds-largest-photo-competition-was-staged/It was shot in a workshop, the set created to show off a new camera.
The theme of the competition was “Our world is beautiful” and Ariani’s winning photo purported to show the owner of a traditional Indonesian cafe, known as a Warung Kopi, enthusiastically playing cards
“The proprietress, the sole woman in the scene, welcomes the men from the village after a hard day’s work in the rice fields,” CEWE writes of the photo in a press release.
“The proprietress, the sole woman in the scene, welcomes the men from the village after a hard day’s work in the rice fields,” CEWE writes of the photo in a press release.
Hardly candid, as the photo seems to be.
There’s a related article at Petapixel.
https://petapixel.com/2023/10/28/the-baffling-allure-of-staged-photos-in-photography-competitions/
The Baffling Allure of Staged Photos in Photography Competitions
This article advises against staging your travel photos.
One comment I read was to the effect “At least, it’s not A.I. … just the A”.
NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
And “uplifting”.
15 Incredible Photos from 2023 Milky Way Photographer of the Year Competition.
https://petapixel.com/2023/05/30/15-incredible-photos-from-2023-milky-way-photographer-of-the-year/
None of which were staged (I think).
Anyway, they are pretty spectacular.
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