Venus Zine’s 1st Annual Photo Contest: Travel
Issue #45
By Venus Zine Staff
Published: November 1st, 2010 | 12:00am
For our first annual Photo Contest, Venus Zine
received over 1,500 entries from talented photographers all over the
world. Our esteemed panel of judges selected one winner from each of
five different categories—street fashion, music/concert, travel,
portrait, and food—which we present in our winter issue (on newsstands now!), along with our readers’ choice and staff favorites.
Since we didn't have room to print 'em, we decided to pull 30 of our
favorite runners-up in the travel category and share them here. Take a
look, and let us know what you think! We'll give our favorite
(constructive!) commenter a prize.
photographer: Rae Munroe
"This photo was taken using color 35mm format film with a medium format Holga camera. It is a double exposure, capturing both the texture of the water and grasses, and of my friends, traveling through the ocean marshes to get to the beach on National Sea Shore of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Taken on July 3, 2010.”
photographer: Jami Lin
“The Chicago skyline as captured by my Lomo ActionSampler camera!”
photographer: Jessica Hagerman
“This photo was taken in Ocean City, Maryland at an arcade on the boardwalk”
photographer: Ali Donohue
“This was taken on my first trip to California in 2009. This was taken somewhere in Santa Monica with film. When unloading my camera I accidentally exposed the film, creating the colors and dream-like effect by mistake. It's a welcomed accident, and I think it captures the mood of sunny/hazy California days.”
photographer: Emma Vintang
"Evening light in the Philippines.. ..no words required.”
photographer: Priyanga Jeyasri
“This was a funky hotel my family and I stayed at in Kerala, India. It was the fourth hotel and we spotted the 14th lizard we have seen during our trip to India, in our room. Laughter and chaos ensued as my mom jumped onto the bed landing on my brother and as I ran out of the room back to the car with my suitcase, ready to leave.”
photographer: Priyanga Jeyasri
“It's a floating house and when I saw one up close for the first time, my mind was blown away. You know wild and unimaginable things exist everywhere but when it becomes reality, it's still hard to believe :].”
photographer: Rex Flodstrom
“This shot is from a trip to Bahia, Brazil”
photographer: Rex Flodstrom
“This is a shot of a river valley in Bahia, Brazil”
photographer: Rachel Wolfe
“Ginza festival at the Buddhist Temple in Chicago, IL.”
photographer: Christopher Bauer
“I went on a family vacation this past summer with no one other than my family. To make sure my grandparents could come with us we didn't go far. We ended up a beach in Michigan City, Indiana, which was a much better vacation spot than a normal ocean beach. Who likes salt water in their eyes? Anyway, I like to at least take one decent picture while I'm away from home. I came across a lighthouse in the distance from the beach we were at. I walked for about an hour to get to it and when I got there, many large people were fishing and being tourists. I stood in the spot where I took this picture for about 5 minutes looking around, and then at the people standing there. I don't enjoy confrontation, but finally I was forced to kindly ask them to leave the area so I could get the picture. I snapped a few and looked at the image on my camera and was more than satisfied. I briskly walked back home and showed my grandpa instantly. He didn't have much to say, but I was happy, and that's all that mattered to him.”
photographer: Nick Leonard
"One of my favorite subjects to photograph on Polaroid film in my hometown of Las Vegas is motel signage. In a town that has a love affair with bulldozers, and is constantly ridding the old structures with bland, modern architecture it's a great feeling to come across these true, nostalgic relics that were once popular in Vegas' past still standing today. This specific Polaroid may be my top favorite out of my motel collection. The building had been torn down, but its sign (Ambassador East Motel) still remains as does the charming goodbye note.”
photographer: Kate Yang-Nikodym
“My dad and I were out for breakfast the morning after our dog/best friend/fifth family member passed away suddenly. We decided to take an impromptu drive to Niagara Falls. 2009.”
photographer: Mark Regester
“Rocky Mountain National Park”
photographer: Tiffany Patterson
“I have a major crush on the Swift Supply Building! It's on the way out to my Partner's Parent's house in Spangle, WA. Sometimes she lets me pull over and take pictures of it....but not as often as I would like! ♥”
photographer: Amy Green
“A stormy sunset on the Welsh coast. This was taken on expired 600 Film with my Polaroid SX-70. The fading sun leaves a flare on the film, while an old man stands watching the tides as they rush up over the pier's edge. He got wet, and when I laughed, he smiled.”
photographer: Amy Green
“Autumn is beautiful no matter where you are in the world, and this path in Wales was no exception. Taken on my Canon EOS 400d DSLR, with my 50mm lens.”
photographer: Bonnee Rummler
“This photograph was taken during one of the worst winters Flagstaff, AZ has ever had, but beauty can be found in every element.”
photographer: Petr Svarc
“Elevated view of the village and harbor of Riomaggiore in the Cinque Terre (Five Lands) National Park in Liguria, Italy”
photographer: Nele Geerinck
“Taken when I was visiting the lovely Oslo.”
photographer: Courtney Bell
“Me and my boyfriend sitting on a cliff overlooking the New River in Fayetteville, WV. I shot this with my TLR Holga 135BC camera with 35 mm film.”
photographer: Nathan Ashby
“A day on the floating market in Dutch Cuaraco, vibrant colours and people shouting all around selling their wares.”
photographer: Elizabeth LaHay
“Graffiti on a wall in Wrigleyville, Chicago”
photographer: Krista BonAmour
“The Living Lands and Waters barge. Chad Pregracke (just named Hardest Working Man in America) and his crew go from Minnesota to Louisianna cleaning up the Mississippi.”
photographer: Jodi Bates
“This photograph was taken with an Olympus Pen EE split frame 35mm film camera. I appreciate the split frame because it gives the sense of kinetic energy in a 2D medium. Life is full of many different activities happening at once, the split frame lets me illustrate that in my own way. This photo was captured at an amusement park in central New York July 2010.”
photographer: Jodi Bates
“This photograph was taken with an Olympus Pen EE split frame 35mm film camera. I appreciate the split frame because it gives the sense of kinetic energy in a 2D medium. This photo was captured half flying over the New York coast line and the other half in an airport waiting area.”
photographer: Kristen Turner
“Windows of a showroom full of ornate, Russian furnishings reflects the white bricks of a modernist building in Manhattan.”
photographer: Jodi Bates
“This is the first and only Polaroid diptych I have ever taken. I used the idea of the turning ride to illustrate a panoramic view of the kinetic scene.”
photographer: Alvelyn Alko
“I've turned a finite moment into an infinite one.”
photographer: Christina Barrow
“A bit of Americana...The Ferris Wheel. Orange Beach, AL”
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Check out more photo contest runners-up in the following categories!
Food
Music/Concert
Portrait
Street Fashion
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