Pixish Visual Assignments for Creative People

At this year's South by Southwest Interactive conference, we hosted their first-ever photography show. Submissions to the SXSW assignment were shown in a slideshow on a huge display in the conference hall.

Now the judges have sifted through all the submissions, taking into account the member voting here in Pixish, and picked 10 for special honors. Here they are, along with comments from the judges.

The Winners

Love by Taylor McKnight
“You have got to love painting with light, especially when it's such a positive message created by a group of friends.”  – Rannie Turingan

Riverboat Gamblers by Derek Slaton
“I love the energy in the shot, so much movement but the performer is perfectly frozen in time. Also top marks for the little rock hand sign being thrown in the right of the frame.”  – Kevin Meredith

Show Me by Jerrold L
“The silhouette against the stark arrow leaves you with both direction and mystery. It really captured my attention.”  – Rannie Turingan

Untitled by vicky slater
“The facial expression is what makes this image for me - very neutral with a dash of anticipation and a little bit of fear.”  – Kevin Meredith

prosaicism by Olivia Kjellander Hook
“Holgas and used car lots are a match made in heaven. The way the line of jaunty colourful triangles bisects the blue sky takes me to my happy place.”  – Heather Champ

road trip by brookeraymond
“Journeys are great for inspiring new ideas. I would like to think that image signifies the beginning of a journey of discovery.”  – Kevin Meredith

Wild blue Barbie by Oscar Martinez
“I love the playfulness of this image. The sky is the limit with the whole earth below us, full of opportunities.”  – Rannie Turingan

Untitled by steph goralnick
“Sometimes inspiration comes in surprising forms.”  – Derek Powazek

Better by Mike Nowak
“The tension between the optimism of the text and age of the architecture here really resonates.”  – Derek Powazek

a reflection on inspiration by Joseph Lubushkin
“This shot is not about what you are being shown, but what you are not being shown.”  – Kevin Meredith

These 10 talented photographers will receive a year of Flickr Pro (Thanks, Flickr!) and passes to SXSW Interactive 2009. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who participated!

About The Judges

Heather Champ is a photographer and Director of Community at Flickr. Kevin Meredith is a photographer in Brighton, UK. Rannie Turingan is a photographer in Toronto, Canada. And Derek Powazek (hi, that's me) is the CEO of Pixish in San Francisco.

 

Posted by Derek Powazek