The power of statistical photography (The Old New Thing)
Inside Microsoft, there was an employee photography contest to provide images
to be included in Windows 7, either in one of the pre-release versions or in
the final product. Each subsidiary selected the photos to be included in
their localized version of Windows, choosing images which best reflect that
region’s culture, history, and natural beauty. The employee-submitted photos
were in direct competition against the professional photographs; as a result,
some regions ended up selecting multiple employee-contributed images and
others picked none. The Swiss delegation, in characteristically Swiss fashion,
put it to a public vote.
(As you may recall, Windows Vista included photographs drawn from the
community. That article is another great example of _No matter what you do,
somebody will call you an idiot_. Microsoft decides to involve the community
in a fun way, and the result is condemnation from the professional
photographic community.)
Around 2000 photographs were submitted by Microsoft employees, and one of the
photos selected for the U.S. version of Windows 7 Beta was taken by a member
of the user interface team. In response to congratulations, he humbly replied,
“I’m a statistical photographer. I rely on sheer quantity to …
Masters of Photography – Wilson ‘Snowflake’ Bentley
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