My last day on Maui for spring break was a very good day. There were three major components that made this day great, but only one is worth blogging about cause it relates to art. I don't really remember how I found out about this photo contest, but a couple weeks ago I entered a picture, "Feat", into a contest about health or something. Like the 2010 youth photo contest...this year's issue was health in communities. Or something like that. Anyway, when I was in Maui I got this phone call from a 503 number. I immediately assumed that it was someone asking me to cover them for work. I answered anyway. "Hi, this is so and so calling from the department of something or other" I was dumbfounded. I thought I was in some kind of trouble. "The department of what?" Then she told me that she was calling about that photo I entered. "We just wanted to let you know that your photo won first place." And then it went on from there.
Im kind of jacked. She said that there would be 300 dollars coming my way, too. And I get to go to the award night at the Hollywood Theatre next week. And my photo is going to be at one of those first thursday events in portland and at the state capitol and some other places around Oregon. But I'm really trying to be humble about this, because, well when I took that photo of that boy's feet my intention was never to get money for it. It was to show how bad things are and to give people a glimpse of perspective and how good they might have it and not realize it. Hopefully, since the photo will be around Oregon more people will see it and it will impact more people in that way. That's what photojournalism is about.
I don't want to exploit.
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Great job! It's always nice when you don't mean to suceed... plus I bet it's exciting that people around Oregon will see it too
ReplyDeletewowwwwwwww yayyy im happy for you! thats super cool and extra cool that it is going to be shown in so many cool places. good job!
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