Laura Rounds: Third Place, October ’10
I see the future as being a reflection of the past. The three photos I have chosen both tell a story and show reflections. In each photo the person is unknown, allowing the viewers to interpret the photo with their own person stories. The viewers can place themselves in the photo and show their own reflection of their past and even their future to come. These photos are indescribable since they tell a different unique story to everyone.
Laura Rounds
Maria Carballar: Second Place, October ’10
Photography to me is more than just a hobby. It is more like a therapy that inspires me to make something out of my life and appreciate the beautiful things God has given me.
Maria Carballar
Nicholas Calhoun: First Place, October ’10
In the dim lit corner of a hospital room lays the bed where a woman recovers. An IV trickles the numbing remedy, letting all the bones in her body gush like blood. In her hazy state she sits, letting time heal the wounds that hide in her skin. Only the deceased in the back of her mind push her back to life. The heart monitor slowly beeps, proving that hope has not left yet. A human being just as you and me leaves a path for others to follow. Even with death dancing on her body this woman, sister, lover, mother does not cower. She lies in cotton wearing a soft smile, with her delicate determination to see tomorrow.
Nicholas Calhoun
Sophie Schwartz: Third Place, April ’11
“Self-portraiture allows the photographer a unique control that cannot be replicated with any other subject. The photographs capture the contradiction of individual isolation and the sameness between all of us. As such, even though the subject is always me, I am a stand-in for the pressure young people place on each other not to stand out too much…to be safely homogeneous. Whether framed, in an auditorium, or in a closet, the constraints are always present, even though I choose to conform.”
Sophie Schwartz
Sasha Frolova: Second Place, April ’11
“If you could have one super power, what would it be? To fly? To teleport? How about to read minds? Photography is a way that I can allow a viewer to read into segments of my thoughts and feelings on a particular subject. In this series, the three photos I chose express my thoughts on the clash between religion, elegance and sex.”
Sasha Frolova
Haley Brown: First Place, April ’11
“I am frequently exposed to pictures of ridiculously skinny women, happy and healthy with tiny waists and sporting size zero clothing articles with huge smiles on their faces as if being so thin made them the happiest women in the world. Being confronted with these images time and time again has a deteriorating effect on a girl’s self-esteem (or at least my self esteem). Too many girls my age torture themselves to look like the photoshopped women they see in advertisements, television, magazines. By taking self portraits of myself, I feel like I have grown to accept my own beauty. I feel like my pictures symbolize the power I have to push past these expectations and pressures placed on women.”
Haley Brown
Runners-up
FALL 2011
| Gunner Strietzel, 16 | ||
| Chicago, IL | ||
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| Alexandra Frolova, 16 | ||
| Napa, CA | ||
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| Jordan Sperlick, 17 | ||
| Byron Center, MI | ||
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| Ciera Hall, 17 | ||
| State College, PA | ||
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| Mahaleigh King, 17 | ||
| Cary, NC | ||
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| Taylor Wasikonis, 16 | ||
| State College, PA | ||
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SPRING 2011
| Moira McCavana, 17 | ||
| Lexington, MA | ||
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| Kayla Shore, 16 | ||
| Newton, MA | ||
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| Jamie Kraus, 18 | ||
| Rochester, NY | ||
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| Genesis Ahtty, 18 | ||
| Los Angeles, CA | ||
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FALL 2010
| Lian Najarian, 13 | ||
| Wyomissing, PA | ||
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| Peter Terwilliger, 18 | ||
| Boston, MA | ||
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| Leona Lee, 16 | ||
| Staten Island, NY | ||
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| Alexis Miller, 17 | ||
| Orchard Park, NY | ||
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| Morgan DiGangi, 15 | ||
| Holland, NY | ||
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| Elizabeth Buchannnan, 13 | ||
| Syracuse, NY | ||
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Contest
THE GOALResolution is about sharing art and exchanging ideas. It’s a place where you can use photography to express your concerns. A place to shoot, show, share your story. Whether it’s something happening in your school, a debate in your community, or an issue of global importance, capture it in a series of three pictures and enter them into the contest. And did we mention that there are prizes? You could win exciting gadgets, subscription to Aperture magazine, fine art books, and more. Enter your photos now, and become part of the Resolution. |
THE GUIDELINES1. Submit your pictures by April 30, 2012. You must be between the ages of 14 and 18 years to be eligible. 2. College students are NOT eligible. 3. Your photos must be original, and taken within the last year. 4. Make sure none of your JPEGs exceed 1.5 MB. 5. By submitting your pictures you agree with the license, representation, and warranty. (see below) |
License, Representation and Warranty: By submitting a photograph for jurying, each artist grants Joy of Giving Something, Inc. (“JGS”) a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up license (i) to reproduce and to display the photograph in various sizes (and to modify the same through cropping, in JGS’ sole discretion) for the purposes of publicizing the award and JGS’ activities, (ii) to reproduce the photograph for purposes of distribution to the jury and (iii) to display the photograph on both the JGS and Forward Thinking Museum websites, and any other websites operated by JGS. Artist grants the foregoing license without the requirement of further contact or compensation from JGS. Artist represents and warrants that it has all rights necessary to grant the foregoing license to JGS and, to the knowledge of the Artist, the exercise of the License by JGS will not infringe the rights of any third party including any intellectual property rights, rights of privacy, rights of publicity or other proprietary or contractual rights.
