Photo Competition
Photo Competition Winner - January '12 by Tim Chance
- Judged by
- Paul Goldstein
- Trip code
- TMU
- Countries Visited
- Tunisia
- Winner
- January 2012
These are incredibly difficult shots to pull off, yet this has been well conceived and brilliantly executed. It is also a candid representation, someone is clearly recounting a story and all the attention is registered on this individual. The local dress, the dark background and the warmth on the faces all contributes to a image from the reportage school of photography. My favourite ever polar shot is a Frank Hurley image of a cluster of explorers clustered around the blubber oven shrouded in steam and silhouette, Tim's image here reminded me of it. The first job of a photo is to elicit an opinion and to arrest the eye. Mine is still arrested, top job Mr Chance.
Previous Winning entries
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