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Border submissions - my highlights
Robert Bilsland 2006-Apr-05 22:28:00
Well it took a while, and I enjoyed what I saw (all 225 of them, I
think). It's amazing to think how much time has been spent on all the
entries in total (not only the prep time, but the time that people
took to get to their locations!).
As I went through all the submissions I noted down ones that caught my
eye for one reason or another. So here are my highlights in
alphabetical order.
Bryant Arnett's Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" 1931-2006. I love the
way that the old black and white film cell looks like some sort of
hole in time.
Luis Benitez's Estupa Budista / Buddhist Stupa. It's not so much the
location of this one but the colours and the movement of people in the
scene.
Ray Broussard's Bordered by Levee Failures since Katrina. With this
one it's not the panorama at all but his words. You see news stories
on the TV all the time, but they tell you the story they want to tell
you. Sometimes a personal story adds a whole new level.
Ignacio Ferrando's Pyrenees Border. With this one it's the view and
the colours, it's just stunning.
Dan Heimsoth's Duke Chapel. I love the colours in the stone work of
the chapel. In England we have plenty of churches and cathedrals, but
just not this new and so colourful.
Aleksandar Janicijevic's Leslie Street, Toronto. I like the way he has
taken normal photos and created a cylindrical view. A panorama that
shows something that doesn't exist.
Robert M. Lightfoot III's Elks War Memorial. This one is the
architecture, the building is just beautiful, and somewhere I would
love to visit in person.
Ken Stuart Personal Borders's. I think how he's managed to remove the
people from their clothes is clever. I wouldn't even want to guess how
long it took him to get it just right.
and finally...
Jiannian Xu's Yellow Line on the Top. I love the way that he crossed
one border too many to get his submission. But if nothing else, we
live and learn.
Well that's it, these are just the ones that caught my eye, and I'd
love to hear what ones stood out as highlights to others. If nothing
else I hope I manage to point out a few submissions to others that
they may have missed.
Thanks to everyone for their entries and the small team of people who
work so hard organising everything into a single entity (everyone
knows who they are). Now all that's left is to count down the days
till the summer solstice and the next event.
Bob Bilsland,
www.panoramasunlimited.com