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And the winner is....

The winner of our recent Surfing the archive contest is Kas. His submission (Entry #13) comparing the Joseph Mallord William Turner painting Snowstorm to Paolo Pellegrin's photo of Château d'IF was chosen by the Magnum Photos New York staff. He will receive a box set of Art Appreciation signed by Elliott Erwitt. Congratulations Kas, and thank you to everyone that participated.

sergio jaén lara

Congratulations Meagan!

mike

Congratulations!! What fun this was... hope there will be more contests.

Meagan Young

Oh, I didn't win! I only posted the article...the congratulations should go to Kas.

d b

turner .. great.. very well spotted by kas

i wonder if pellegrin was aware of the painting while working on his photograph..

Bob Black

CONGRATS KAS! :)))

more contests and more signed boxed editions please :))))

class choice and class pics, both the young italian and the old brit :)))))))

cheers,
b

Op'

Great, great choice!!!! As uncanny as 'as'.....
Also very much enjoyed Bob Black's choice of Antoine's work juxtaposed next to Francis Bacon. Yup!!!

Nikos Roccos

Excellent and not an easy choice,which means even more excellent. By far the most "to the point" pair of images, beyond the mere obviousness of many other participations. Congrats to all but above all to those who had this great idea of the contest. Really exciting!

ian

I'd like to suggest a Magnum group feature on the topic of art appreciation. There are so many lovely, thoughtful, and humorous photos done on this topic. Of course Elliot's are classics, but I have seen lovely ones by Hurn and and a Greek one by Manos. I imagine that it's a beloved topics and maybe would even a great book. Wouldn't it be great if people could assemble their own books (at a set page count and fee) out of the Magnum archive (at least the photos that are older and not especially active) and get them published through blurb? cheers

Kas

Thanks to all the Magnum New York staff for choosing my submission as the winner and everyone else.