Apogee Photo Magazine

The Photo Contest: Feet

Feet. We walk on them, we abuse them; they smell, they hurt. Some people can't bear to touch them, and to others they are sexual objects. When we are born they are perfect, soft and pink; as we age, they are the first to show the effects of time.

There was a wide range of interpretation on this theme and we received many more than I thought we might given the challenge of this subject.

We chose Andy Hoet's untitled image of people standing on a metal floor as the winner. The composition is wonderful and the patterns and confusing intersections of lines, shape and form are sharply and abruptly interrupted by...feet. Andy will receive a Giclee print of his image and a copy of Compupic Pro the image management software.

Ilkka Niskanen's "Footprints" is an example of the range of interpretation we received. In Illka's image the feet are not directly represented and they are not human but the tracks of a bird. The white feather accents the photo, both adding to the composition as well as the meaning. Illka will receive a year's subscription of PhotoTechniques Magazine.

Please note: Once again we received a very large number of exceptional photographs by photographers who did not send in their submission forms. Your photo will be disqualified if you do not get the form in to us. We allow extra time for forms to reach us from overseas, and we have provided a fax number for those of you wishing to submit in that manner.

Please also note the new submission guidelines at: http://www.apogeephoto.com/contest.shtml

Thanks again to Blue Heron Editions, Red River Papers, and Photodex Corporation. Please make sure to visit them online.

 

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	Grand Prize “Untitled” Andy Hoets New York City
	First Runner-up: "Footprints" Ilkka Niskanen Finland
	Honorable Mention:   "Ribbon Feet" Lana Arcemont Morgan City, Louisiana
	Honorable Mention: "Beach Feet" Bettie Grimes Frisco, Texas
	Honorable Mention: "Treehouse Feet" Nanette M. Ingham La Grange, KY
	Honorable Mention: "Motion in Color" Paula Guhin Aberdeen, South Dakota

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