When listening to photography podcasts, it’s apparent that photography contests are deeply polarizing: some see them as effective ways to share work, while others view them as generally not credible ways of presenting it.
For myself, the act of submitting work to a contest provides a focused opportunity to review it and think about it more deliberately than is typical. I’m not often staring at one of my images and trying to determine what it is actually communicating. The act of such reflection is, in my mind, worth the cost of admission in its own right.
Over the past few months, I’ve submitted to a couple of contests. Below, organized under their respective names, I share the photos and how I described them.
Excited Pixels 