"Back to nature 1" - Patricia Van De Camp
(Superb colors in this one. The actual print looked a bit darker. Gorgeous!)
"Arcimboldo W6I0970" - Klaus Enrique
(um, YES. This one was gigantic, and incredibly shot. Also, what an effing brilliant idea.)
"Long Winding Road" - Dejon Walker
(stared at this one for a long time. it was huge and beautiful.)
"Dad's Things Aren't Dad" - Russ Rowland
(since i'm obsessed with collections, and items as evidence of our 'self'.)
"Dissolve" - Alison Turner
(one of the first ones i saw that stopped me in my tracks. Weird, but excellent.)
"Covered in White Powder" - Larry Louie
(so, this is a balloon factory. gave me the shivers. i sell those fucking things every day.)
"Three in the Lake" - Carl Tremblay
(perfect.)
"Litter" - Linda Kuo
(this was way better in person. water glistened on every surface. although i still can't figure out what that white thing is.)
"Louise" - Tom M. Johnson
(Louise = obviously amazing.)
"Girl, Ballinasloe Horse fair, Ireland" - Kenneth O Halloran
[this one got 'Honorable Mention']
(another large, stunning portrait. i was transfixed by those freckles.)
"B 1004 (Window)" - Noritaka Minami
(is it weird that i want to sleep in here? this was related to this other photo.)
"Hot Rod Dream Girl Priscilla" - Jennifer Greenburg
(check out her shift knob! Also, the light was fantastic in this one.)
"Day 47" - Jennifer Wilkey
[also received 'Honorable Mention']
(creeptastic.)
"Place 1861" - Jose A. Gallego
(this was possibly my favorite. can't really explain why. i just wanted to be there, badly.)
"Feet Over Coconut Shell" - Andre Cypriano
(visceral. i want to do this!)
"Red China" - Li Jiangsong
(slightly ominous, obviously accidental.)
"Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" - Brian Almaraz
(surreal! kind of reminded me of a scene from a Gabriel Garcia Marquez story.)
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These 2 were the first-place winners:
"Flesh Love Chihiro & Takeshi" & "Flesh Love Michico & Yuhei" - Photographer Hal
...and this one was also pretty great:
"An Ordinary Day" - Bev Short
Well, that's all folks. Off to make shrunken apple heads.
