I regularly subscribe to WIRED magazine, as I have for years, ever since I saw one in my Uncle Bill’s house one day. I have to say, it’s definitely my favorite magazine to read, and to simply look at. The typography is amazing, the photos are captivating, and the articles widely varied and intriguing.
WIRED Photo Contest
In the past, I’ve visited WIRED’s website here and there, but lately, I’ve been making it a point to visit more often. There’s so much more content that is explored solely on the web. The Gadget Lab for instance. Yeah, can’t help but visit that. There’s daily blog entries in all sorts of categories and just recenlty, I discovered quite a few photo contests that they hold. In the past they have had contests where the themes were Holga, Red, Self-Portrait, Night, Macro, Transportation and Black and White. Recently, they posted the results of their newest contest theme – Portraits.
The thing I love about the contest results is that they not only published a “Top 10 Wired.com Reader Portrait Photos, Decided by You,” but also, a “Top 10 Wired.com Reader Portrait Photos, Decided by Us.” Both set of photos was amazing. I loved the contrast though, between what the public chose and what the editors chose. The public chose photos, mostly of older men and children, whose faces covered most of the photo. Light seemed to be a deciding factor in many of the pictures. On the flipside, the WIRED editors chose pictures of “the underdog” as they said. The photos seemed more “ordinary” at first, but had their own special qualities. The angles were unique and each photo had it’s own appeal. Overall, both sets were great. I looked through the past contest results and they are equally as amazing. I think it’s great that just anyone can submit a photo. It’s such a good way to get readers interested. Take a look!
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