Steve Lehman 6 Gold Star Award™ ******: "THIS SPECIAL MOMENT" WINS STEVE LEHMAN 6 GOLD STAR AWARD

The initial impetus for the award came after I received an electronic invitation to the opening of Jason Eskenazi’s “Wonderland: A Fairytale of the Soviet Monolith.” I am familiar with Jason’s work and knew that it wasn’t receiving the attention it deserved so I spontaneously gave him this award and forwarded the email to everyone on my list.

I told Derek Stroup the story of how I made up this award and he laughed. He was very encouraging and said, “Just keep doing it, the next thing you know people will be sending you their portfolios.”

A month or so later, Jay Nubile happened to send me a You Tube link to a video he and Toby Kaplowitz made for an experimental video workshop. I tried giving him five stars but the You Tube software had a bug in it and only three stars were given! This made me mad so I gave Jay what he rightfully deserved -– 6 GOLD STARS ******!

The idea stems partially from my discomfort with traditional media’s methodology for reviewing books, films, art, etc. I feel these large entities have too much power over what is promoted nationally. How often does the New York Times review a photography or multimedia book????? Most of the decisions to review something are coming from editors with an expertise only in writing and editing text. The visual arts are so dominant in our society yet only a handful of these editors have a strong background in this area.

I’ve always had complex feelings about awards because they foster competition and if someone doesn’t win, the individual often feels sad. I’m not a person who likes competition or believes people need to be validated by awards, especially in journalism, photography and the arts. However, awards often promote stuff that might go unnoticed and the psychology behind an award is still very powerful……so the intent is for this to be a friendly, quirky, happy, nice award.

The name of the 6 GOLD STAR AWARD is derived from my early pre-internet days in photography when I used to star my favorite slides so the editors would know which ones to choose. The best slides were exuberantly given numerous stars. Despite my not so subtle efforts, these editors have a mind of their own and often choose photographs I don’t want published. As anyone in field of communications knows these listening skill problems persist to this very day.

And of course….we can’t forget our days in elementary school when we eagerly awaited our gold stars.

——— STEVE LEHMAN

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

"THIS SPECIAL MOMENT" WINS STEVE LEHMAN 6 GOLD STAR AWARD

For the creation of "This Special Moment" Jay Nubile and Toby Kaplowitz have been awarded the Steve Lehman 6 Gold Star Award for ground-breaking editing and excellence in multimedia communications.

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TEXT OF ORIGINAL EMAIL SENT TO JAY NUBILE (edited)

August 1, 2007 9:23 AM

Six Steve Lehman GOLD STARS ****** for excellence in the visual arts

Hey Jay,

I tried to rate the video with 5 stars on You Tube and it screwed up. It gave you only 3!!!

So I just gave you an award for the video....... you're the second recipient. Jason Eskenazi was the first.

For the creation of "This Special Moment" Jay Nubile and Toby Kaplowitz have been awarded six Steve Lehman GOLD STARS ****** for excellence in the visual arts.

Steve

ORIGINAL YOU TUBE COMMENT BY STEVE LEHMAN (edited)

Hey Jay,

I think this is awesome, great work! I love the editing and videography. I just gave you an award for it.

For the creation of "This Special Moment" Jay Nubile and Toby Kaplowitz have been awarded six Steve Lehman GOLD STARS ****** for excellence in the visual arts. Please forward this video to anyone who would be interested.
Steve

TEXT OF JAY NUBILE'S EMAIL ANNOUNCING "THIS SPECIAL MOMENT"

In a message dated 07/25/07 1:46:40 PM, jnubile@flywall.com writes:

<< Hi All,

Just finished a weekend workshop of experimental video -- what fun
and a great way to loosen the brain cells from middle age atrophy.

My willing collaborator (Toby Kaplowitz) is a former student of Karen's photo class
the Creative Center: Arts for People With Cancer. She's a remarkable
lady. Hope you enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b0n3tKAKqQ

Best,

Jay >>

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