Magnum Blog / Your Magnum Edit: The Three Finalists http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html en Copyright 2009 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:55:49 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Your Magnum Edit: The Three Finalists UPDATE: Voting has now ended for the contest. We will tally the votes and announce the results tomorrow afternoon, 21 April 2009. Thank you to everyone that participated. _____________________________________________________________________________ The three finalists of our first photo editing contest are in. The criteria for the contest was to make an edit of 10-14 images based on the following quote:
"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction." - Oscar Wilde.
Our panel of Magnum photographers and staff members selected the edits of Chuck Fowler, Michael Fazio and Raabia Wazir as our finalists. Now it's up to you to vote for the winner. The winner will receive an amazing set of vintage Magnum poster prints, including one signed by the legendary Elliott Erwitt. Take a look at the edits and vote for your favorite. Voting will close at 12noon EDT, Monday April 20th 2009. Edit 1 by Chuck Fowler: 01: © Christopher Anderson, 02: © Martin Parr, 03: © Bruce Gilden, 04: © Constantine Manos, 05: © Jean Gaumy, 06: © Alessandra Sanguinetti, 07: © Bruce Gilden, 08: © Alessandra Sanguinetti, 09: © Alex Majoli, 10: © Patrick Zachmann, 11: © Ian Berry, 12: © Paolo Pellegrin, 13: © Bruce Gilden, 14: © Stuart Franklin Edit 2 by Michael Fazio: 01: © Bruce Gilden, 02: © Elliott Erwitt, 03: © Bruce Gilden, 04: © Bruce Gilden, 05: © Richard Kalvar, 06: © Bruce Gilden, 07: © Richard Kalvar, 08: © Henri Cartier-Bresson, 09: © Peter Marlow, 10: © Eve Arnold, 11: © Peter Marlow, 12: © Martine Franck, 13: © Philippe Halsmann Edit 3 by Raabia Wazir: 01: © Richard Kalvar, 02: © Martine Franck, 03: © Chien-Chi Chang, 04: © Elliott Erwitt, 05: © Guy Le Querrec, 06: © Bruce Davidson, 07: © Philip Jones Griffiths, 08: © Constantine Manos, 09: © Alex Majoli, 10: © Elliott Erwitt ]]> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html susan Landmann <p>All of these photos had a wonderful sense of surprise,<br /> also a lot of humor!!!</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-82238 Hylah Hedgepeth <p>Each has included fantastic, interesting images of men, but to me Michael Fazio's edit best captures the female face as a "work of fiction."</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-82250 David <p>Edit one, is too literal an interpretation with a predictable rhythm but no melody.</p> <p>Edit two, has interesting images that each support the thesis in a direct manner.</p> <p>But, edit three, that's that brilliant edit. Seductive and indirect with a little drama.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-82842 Randy DOuglas <p>Edit three probably is the most thought provoking and looks like it was the most cerebral, but I choose the magazine simplicity of #1 simply because I liked it more as a group. It was emotional and most of the images focused attention simply on the face. I also liked how it was a good mix of male and female.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-82980 Meagan Young <p>Please only vote once. Any duplicate votes will be deleted.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-83022 Tim <p>I have to agree with Randy. #1 is the best if you look at all the photos as a whole, it has a nice balance between men and women, has more focus on the faces, and you can see a story in those faces.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-83050 Simon <p>Why are 2 out of 3 edits solely in black & white?</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-83065 zhaf razhid <p>Oscar Wilde's various quotes are highly entertaining, but for this particular quote, I think the cleverness of Wilde's phrasing belies its inherent sexism. </p> <p>With that in mind, I think Fowler does a pretty good job of showing both the autobiographies and fictions of both men and women. And in that regard, for me, number one is the most thought provoking since it does a good job of simultaneously exploring the constructions of gender and self-image, with a brief side trip into 19th century attitudes. In the dissonance between the quote and the imaging the mind is more apt to explore the depths of these photos rather than enjoy the mere looking at any given image.</p> <p>This is why I prefer the first one to the other two. Of course, on an individual basis, the photos of all three selections are very lovely and thought provoking in their own right. I just happen to prefer the editing direction the first one took with this project.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-83074 Lynne <p>Photos express alot of emotion with a variety of individuals. Very moving photos.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-83482 Daniel Suárez <p>Congrats to all three but... second is the best!</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-84624 Chitra Sampath <p>Edit three is definitely my favorite. </p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-84840 dashuai <p>The second group has much meaning and an simple clue. </p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2009/04/your_magnum_edit_the_three_finalists.html#comment-84958