PHOTO CONTEST / ART CONTEST THEME

The 2006 photo contest / art contest has two separate book themes. In this Call for Entries, submissions may interpret these themes broadly:

1) A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words (photography)

DESCRIPTION: Humans are some of the only living creatures that can smile, and for that reason smiles are unique. Some may even say they are a gift from beyond. But smiles can mean much more than just happiness and mirth. They can be mysterious, fashionable, sexy, deceptive, inviting, friendly, or even alarming. They can indicate good health or bad, and can make the recipient's day unfold in joy, or descend into misery. Smiles must be interpreted, and those interpretations can be worth hundreds, if not thousands, of words. (...and not all of them need come from close-up portraits)

Note: "A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words" is a photographs only contest. Images can be closeups, portraits, full bodies, or even group images

FINALISTS

Adel Bouallagui
Alaleh Alamir
Alfonso Smith
Amanda Tyler
Anthony Crowley
Armanda Lambert
Ashley Love
Barbara Landis
Barry Noland
Bryan Grimes
Carin Cohen
Catherine Hall
Charlene Lam
Chris Cobos
Christine Spadaccini
Clinton Perry
Cristopher Lapp
Crystal Neubauer
Cynthia Delaney
Cynthia Friedgen
Dale Frazier
Daniel Luckham
David Martin
David Sharabani
Diana Barnett
Edie Etem
Eric Cozens
Gavin Leane
Gurpreet Kaur
Harjono Djoyobisono
Howard Koby
Ilona Wellmann
Jack Dzamba
Jan Kather
Jason Outenreath
Jean-Pierre Cambier
Jennifer Sutton
Jenny Ebert
Jessica Vanderpool
Jill Roesch
Jill Snyder
Jmaria Dalmasso
John Caruso
Johnny Naked
Kathryn Wasserman
Kevin Gordon
Kristel Durand
Laura Myers
Leo Santiago
Liz Shuman
Louise Daddona
Lucie Silveira
Martina Moreno
Matt Adams
Matthew Vellacott
Meg Messina
Michael Halwa
Michael Harker
Michelle Lane
Mike Clements
Mj Alexander
Natalya Frenkel
Nathan Kellett
Nigel Carboon
Nora Batternay
Pat Paul
Patricia Richards
Philip Bateman
Ruby Tull
Russ Osterweil
Ryan Kerns
Samantha Wolov
Sara Fehsenfeld
Shira Oretzky
Simon Bowler
Siri Kaur
Soniya Patel
Steven Gelberg
Susan Friedland
Tabitha Doniach
Tyler Brantley
Vanessa Abuabara
Yuri Yakubiw

2) Super Heroes (photography & art)

DESCRIPTION: Super heroes have always existed, both real and imagined. Photography and art allows the artist to now capture and illustrate those fictional and non-fictional persons (and animals) as never before. Photographers and illustrators are invited to show us the Super Heroes in our world, or not of it.

Note: "Super Heroes" is for photography, painting, graphic arts, comics, manga, and photo-essay/journalism. The topic is also very open to your interpretation - entries based in reality/real life people, historic figures or fantasy (even "winged" characters can be considered super heroes).

The graphic artist and illustrator portion of the "Super Heroes" theme will be reopened for a brief period in early April 2007. Photography finalists and selected graphic entries are listed below.

FINALISTS

Adrian (Name Unknown)
Alonzo Spann
Alyce Mayo
Barbara Landis
Beth Stover
Bosaiya
Bradley Love
Carol Hayman
Catherine Hall
Cristopher Lapp
Cynthia Friedgen
Daniel Adams
David Rojas
Donald Weinkauf
Dulce Pinzon
Edie Etem
Eric Cozens
Glenn Harding
Irena Georgieva
James Legg
Jason Outenreath
Jen Raynes
JJ Winlove
Joe Zummo
Karen Michaels
Kathryn S Reuter
Kristine Mendoza
Martin Soeby
Michael Halwa
Michelle Arbeit
Patricia Izzo
Philip Bateman
Phillip Nesmith
Sarah Hauser
Shira Oretzky
Siri Kaur
Susan Friedland
Sylviann Murray
Teresa Ollila
Vanessa Vargo
Wendy Arbeit
William Bossen

CONGRATULATIONS