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January's candid photography contest swamped the Washingtonian offices with some of the most vibrant photography we've seen in months. Playing off the "Caught in the Moment" theme, participants snapped their subjects in all sorts of surprising poses and positions. Hey Washington—thanks for the mid-winter pick-me-up!
The six shots you see here represent the cream of the crop. See the full pictures in our finalists' gallery, then vote for your favorite in the poll below (It's tough this month!). The photograph with the most votes as of noon on Tuesday, February 1 will be published in the March issue of The Washingtonian.
Please remember to play fair! The rules allow one vote per person, and we monitor the polls closely. If we catch voting irregularities for a particular photograph, it’ll be disqualified.
*To help keep this contest fair, we’ve elected to use an IP-address-based poll. This means that if you’re voting from an office or network setting, not everybody in that setting will be able to vote. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we hope you’ll encourage coworkers to vote from their home computers.
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Truly excellent impromptu photographs take serious dedication. For every killer concert picture or funny party photo, there are five dozen closed-eye, off-angle shots. Yep, candid photography can be a tough business—which is why we’re using January’s photo contest to celebrate the times you got it right. Be it a quiet moment between lovers or Rallying to Restore Sanity, send us your best candid picture, and it could end up as a January finalist.
Here’s how the contest works: Submissions will be accepted until noon on Tuesday, January 25. Our judges will sift through the entries to find their five favorites, and reader votes ultimately determine the winning photo, which will be published in the March issue of The Washingtonian.
Photos—one per e-mail, please—should be sent to photocontest@washingtonian.com. Be sure to include the photographer’s name, phone number, e-mail address, and place of residence along with a sentence or two about the photo, where it was taken, and an explanation of why it fits the theme. You can submit as many photos as you’d like, but make sure each is 300 dpi and at least four by six inches. And remember, the photographer and the subject must be from the Washington area, which includes the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
>> See a slide show of past winners
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Well folks, we were definitely impressed with your photo contest efforts this month. Between the Twitter #hashtags, bros mugging with their jeeps, and impromptu snowball fights, it was great to see the truly fun side of the storm that ate Washington show through. That being said, the judging process was not without its few touching moments—K.N. Vinod, the paramedics who reconnected your father's oxygen supply deserve much more than the shout-out we're attempting right here.
The six shots selected here don't cover all our favorites, but do best represent a cross-sample of angles and subjects. See them up-close in our finalists gallery, then vote for your favorite in the poll below. The photograph with the most votes as of noon on Monday, January 3 will appear in the February issue of The Washingtonian, just in time to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the storm that inspired it.
Please remember to play nice! The rules allow one vote per person, and we monitor the polls closely. If we catch voting irregularities for a particular photograph, it’ll be disqualified.
Here’s how the contest works: Submissions will be accepted until noon on Monday, December 20. Our judges will sift through the entries to find the five best, but it’s up to you, dear readers, to vote for your favorite. The winner will be published in the February issue of The Washingtonian, just in time to commemorate the first anniversary of our snowstorm double whammy.
Photos—one per e-mail, please—should be sent to photocontest@washingtonian.com. Be sure to include the photographer’s name, phone number, e-mail address, and place of residence along with a sentence or two about the photo, where it was taken, and an explanation of why it fits the theme. You can submit as many photos as you’d like, but just make sure each is 300 dpi and at least four by six inches. And remember, the photographer and the subject must be from the Washington area, which includes the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
>> See a slideshow of the finalists
Well, folks, the entries are in, and we’ve pulled our artsy favorites. These five finalists aren’t necessarily the weirdest shots in the bunch, but each features a creative, unexpected angle on everyday Washington life. See our favorites up close in the finalists’ gallery, then vote for your choice below. The photograph with the most votes as of noon on Tuesday, November 30, will appear in the January issue of The Washingtonian.
Patrick Carlson's "Rainy Windshield"—originally submitted for August's transportation-themed photo contest—served as direct inspiration for November's contest.
Let’s face it—the last person to fully appreciate your avant-garde photography was probably your Chico’s-wearing college art professor. Surrealist portraits, architectural angles, “texture” shots—they all sound cool in theory, but there’s only so much Dadaism your adoring fans can be subjected to. But don’t worry, wannabe Man Rays and David LaChapelles, we’ve got the perfect outlet for the tortured artist inside you: For November’s photo contest, we want your kookiest, most abstract, artsy-fartsy photos, and we want them all.
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Well, ladies and gents, the submissions—and the verdict—are in: With a tendency toward austere government offices and (obviously necessary) caution tape around abandoned buildings, Washington just doesn’t photograph that scarily. This may be due to our young age (a mere toddler at 220 years old!)—perhaps we haven’t given the ghosts enough time to settle in yet. But anyhoo, in our searches, we did manage to uncover a few photographs that may send a shiver down your spine. See our favorites up close in the finalists’ gallery, then vote for your pick below. The photograph with the most votes as of noon on Friday, October 29, will appear in the December issue of The Washingtonian.
*To help keep this contest fair, we’ve elected to use an IP-address-based poll. This means that if you’re voting from an office or network setting, not everybody in that setting will be able to vote. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we hope you’ll encourage coworkers to vote from their home computers.
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Vincent Carney's photo of an empty room at the abandoned Henryton Hospital Center— originally submitted for April's architecture photo contest— directly inspired this month's contest.
From trick-or-treating down Embassy Row to dance parties at the Black Cat, this city sure loves Halloween. To gear up for the big night, we’ve dubbed October’s photo contest “Haunted” in hopes of rounding up your most spooktacular photos of Washington. Black-and-white shots of the Exorcist stairs, abandoned houses, leafless trees in the dead of winter—go ahead, we dare you to scare us.
Here’s how the contest works: Submissions will be accepted until noon on Thursday, October 21. Our judges will select the finalists, then we’ll open it up to you to select a favorite. The winner will be published in the December issue of The Washingtonian.
Photos—one per e-mail, please—should be sent to photocontest@washingtonian.com. Be sure to include the photographer’s name, phone number, e-mail address, and place of residence along with a sentence or two about the photo, where it was taken, and an explanation of why it fits the theme. You can submit as many photos as you’d like, but make sure each is 300 dpi and at least four-by-six inches. And remember, the photographer and the subject must be from the Washington area, which includes the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
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Our policy on photo rights: The photographer retains the copyright. However, because the photographer has submitted his or her photo to the contest, the magazine has the right to print the winning photograph in the current issue of the magazine and online as well as in any future issues as long as usage is related to the photo contest. The magazine also has the right to use the finalists online in relation to the photo contest.
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Well shutterbugs, we are officially impressed. Just when we thought we’d be wading in predictable old cherry-blossom pics, you go and send us hundreds of color-drenched, completely modern interpretations of September’s “flora and fauna” photo contest. Our judges spent all afternoon whittling down the options to six finalists, and we’re finally ready to have you pick the winner. See our favorites up close in our finalists’ gallery, then vote for your pick below. The photograph with the most votes as of noon on Thursday, September 30, will appear in the November issue of The Washingtonian.
Before the cooler weather slowly draws you inside, we’re putting in one last bid for greenery and cuddly animals. We’ve dubbed September’s photo contest “Flora and Fauna” in hopes of bringing in pictures of super-cute zoo babies, the beauty of our local parks, gardens, conservatories, and of course, the awe and intrigue of the Washington wild. Or, you know, the backwoods of your Bethesda neighborhood. C’mon, Washington, we know you can do it! Especially considering the amount of National Zoo and cherry-blossom photos we receive regardless of the theme.
Here’s how the contest works: Submissions will be accepted until noon on Monday, September 20. Our judges will select the finalists, then we’ll open it up to you to select a favorite. The winner will be published in the November issue of The Washingtonian.
Photos—one per e-mail, please—should be sent to photocontest@washingtonian.com. Be sure to include the photographer’s name, phone number, e-mail address, and place of residence along with a sentence or two about the photo, where it was taken, and an explanation of why it fits the theme. You can submit as many photos as you’d like, but just make sure each is 300 dpi and at least four by six inches. And remember, the photographer and the subject must be from the Washington area, which includes the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
