Combat action satisfaction! Well, not really. We wouldn't want you to endanger yourselves in the middle of a combat zone. Anyway, a month has passed and here are the results from the Robert Capa Black and White Rumble. Read on...
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A few weeks back, we had the Robert Capa weekly tribute, and part of our tribute to one of the greatest photojournalists of all time, is the Robert Capa Black and White Rumble where we asked you to submit black and white analogue photos of soldiers. Here are our winners in no particular order:
Photo by arcadiobuendia
Photo by dakadev_pui
Photo by scrabbyknees
Photo by tiro8
Photo by shatzy
Congratulations to all the winners! You each earn 10 Piggies! And that’s it for this rumble, until next time! Thanks to everyone who participated.
35 comments
boobert
wow, really!? I didnt know Robert Capa took pictures of soldiers' monuments and scanned photos of somebody elses' and published it.
Still Congratulations to @dakadev_pui @scrabbyknees & @tiro8
dakadev_pui
Wooooo! Thank you and congrats to all winner @arcadiobuendia @scrabbyknees @tiro8 @shatzy
boredbone
lol lol lol @boobert
wuxiong
Haha... Congrats to all winers...<:)
icuresick
@boobert @boredbone hahaha! Well, siguro hindi kasi si Robert Capa ang nag select ng winners kaya hindi din pang Robert Capa ang standard? Ganun siguro?
hervinsyah
ALL PHOTO ARE DESERVE TO WIN. BUT ROBERT CAPA WAS STILL THE BEST ^_^
tiro8
thanks and congrats to all the other winners too!
wapclub
@dakadev_pui ยินดีด้วยปุ๋ย มันยากมาก :)
wapclub
@dakadev_pui เอ่ย...ยอดมาก :P
analogeyes
shatzy took that?! hahaha. plus no metadata. wow. congrats to the ones who actually took photos.
grazie
congrats @dakadev_pui !
and fo sho shatzy took that? wow!!
boobert
@grazie , fo sho shatzy took that one, she must be on her 70s or 80s right now. thus, she cant even remember what camera and film she used. @icuresick @boredbone
ponz
this one was easy,the pictures that fitted the rules where really few...even the one who won :D
boobert
@ponz but if you check the last photo, it (the old photo) was either scanned or taken by a digi cam. how did that fit the rules and won? it didnt even have a meta data. just my observation.
ponz
even the fourth is metadataless :D anyway, every photo in this site was scanned ....there's no other way to put an analogue picture in the internet :D if you remember the gallery of the rumble there where everything, b/w pictures of childrens, color pictures of something, color pictures of cats, b/w pictures of dogs... there where just 20 pictures(more or less) that fitted the rules :D
boobert
@ponz what i meant was, its an existing, old photo print that was scanned and absolutely no way that she was the one who took the picture. unless she's 70+ yrs old now.
boredbone
if only robert capa could comment.
neja
well done, @dakadev_pui
dakadev_pui
@neja @grazie Thank you dear friend : )
@wapclub ผมฟลุ๊กอีกแล้ว (ฮา)
lawypop
Congrats ALL!! esp @dakadev_pui @scrabbyknees
wapclub
@dakadev_pui แหม...ฝีมือระดับปุ๋ยมาถล่มตัวแบบนี้เดี๋ยวเอาปืนกลถล่มซะนิ แถม M-79 อีก 2 ลูก 555
yoka
last photo... seem legit.
maximalanders
boobert
@maximalanders ... 'like what you said man!
@yoka ... its legit alright, taken in 1939!
nyebe
@boobert well according to the rumble rules, we were looking for any analogue photo/s of soldiers in black and white. It doesn't matter if it's an actual combat photo or an emulated one. The idea is to be creative and improvise. The rules are very simple, no need to get all technical. :)
boobert
@nyebe, we all know that photos to be submitted in all rumbles has to be his/her own. But taking credit for a photo taken by another person (in 1939)? I dont think that's the kind of creativity LSi push for.
cruzron
Where's the love?
We're after the spirit of the competition. Is it so wrong to send in a photo of a statue? Just as long as it jives and meshes well with the concept and overall theme of the rumble, then great! If not, we move along. It's that simple. If we picked less than five winners, some members of the community will complain as well. It's all about striking a balance and working with what we've got.
We've had several rumbles in the past where we asked the community to send in scans of old photographs from your attic. Granted this isn't the same rumble, but like I said, we're after the spirit of the rumble. It's not like @shatzy claimed it was hers or alluded to that fact. If you check out the whole album where it was in, it's full of old scans. I don't want to assume but I'd hazard a guess it was from old family photos. The album name after all is "Famiglia analogica". Again, I'm only making an assumption but it isn't like she thumbed through an old photography book, or picked random Vivian Maier snaps and tried to pass them off as her own. So please relax on the witch hunt.
And as far as having 'Robert Capa standards' are concerned, you can show us a photo you took that can rival Capa's and I'll give you Piggies on the spot, right here, right now.
nyebe
@cruzron ... 'like what you said man!
superkulisap
congrats @dakadev_pui! Btw, is that a river that runs through your city or did a typhoon just pass by?
dakadev_pui
@superkulisap This is the flood in Thailand!!!!
ponz
@cruzon nice, everything is good except one thing...what about the infamous three tags?...just to know :D
superkulisap
@dakadev_pui oh I see. It must have made a lot of damage to your city
fookshit
@cruzron #antaray~
shatzy
basterda
Hey @shatzy! Don't worry! Your photo deserved to win! :) Congrats! And to all the winners, too!