750K Photo Contest Results!
Hello, everyone! I was so impressed by all the amazing entries for the 750K Contest... I am officially declaring that all the entries are winners :) Congrats to everyone who participated, and I will be posting all the winners' submissions below in no particular order. THESE ENTRIES WERE SO IMPRESSIVE! I loved them all so much :)
All of my responses to each entry will be listed in italics. Most if not all of the blurbs are unedited by me, so if you find some minor errors, be respectful. So here we go:
**Note that some photos have been cropped for privacy reasons to protect the identities of the photographers and their subjects**
KatieBrie : The Bean Pole
Title: The Bean Pole
Category: Nature
Blurb: I see a bean pole as being the epitome of the Screener's motto: freedom within limits; the bean plant is able to grow however much it wants, but is restricted to the length of the stick planted in the ground. Although it restricts the plant, it gives it support to flourish. If the pole is taken away the fragile stems will collapse, like the city did when the rebels instilled fear with the bombs, causing the breakdown of the governments control.
((this drawing is absolutely beautiful! you are so talented! i'd love to see you draw more enhancement-inspired designs. do you prefer drawing nature over other types of items?))
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skygardens
category ; a [ nature ]
i took this photo at da nang, vietnam, and it reminds me of enhancement because although it may seem beautiful, it is darker than it should be [ due to it being taken in the morning ] yet there is a ray of light in the middle of the sea, symbolising hope.
category ; b [ people / human body ]
taken at hoi an, vietnam, this photo shows people moving quickly while the objects around them are still. to me, the people are the ones inside the pods, moving swiftly, quickly, soundlessly, slipping past, whereas the inanimate objects are the world around them, not noticing anything extraordinary.
category ; c [ architecture / man-made ]
in the pods, you are being watched, monitored, and sometimes, you are there for others' amusement. here is a photograph captured at london, england, of people taking photos of an item that, to them, has been put there simply for their own entertainment.
category ; d [ other ]
hoi an, vietnam. these floating lanterns remind me of president hybriad. he may seem alright to some [ hence the glowing lights ], but if you really look closely, he is not what he seems.
((all of these photos are so beautifully stunning! my favorite photos of your is the nature one because i absolutely adore the outdoors and get a lot of my emotional inspiration from the woods, weather, and sky. well done, and i really do mean it!))
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Category: People/ Human body
This is my friend who decided to take a selfie on my iPod, but that's okay. Whenever Stephen was mentioned (which was a lot), I thought of an older version of this guy.
Category: Architecture/Man-made
I took this picture in Chicago, and it reminds me of the beginning of Chapter 17 when Holland gets her 'rewarding' honor. This picture represents the marble hall she walked through to get to the ceremony.
((i love your entries! although i personally think your friend looks more like tanner than stephen, i love how you imagine friends as the characters instead of movie stars. your chicago photo has to be one of my favorites because i took a similar photo at the parthenon in nashville, tennessee, with dramatic columns, arches, and stonework. the towering stones truly speak to the strong governmental forces in enhancement!))
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ChosynSwim
This is the human body.
That my older cousin right there, she helped me with this. I took this picture because I think this represents the part of the story when she woke up in the place. It represents her confusion and pain when she woke up.
((exactly! this photo is pure and raw emotion, which is exactly how i wanted enhancment to impact readers. the posture and colors of this photo really hit home for me. emotional and powerful... so beautiful!! great job))
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1. Architecture/ Man-made
In the background you can see buildings of a metropolitan area of Seattle. They remind me of the tall buildings said in the book. Many in view and looking like what I imagined for the book even if not equal in height and minus the tracks for Trains.
2.) People
This picture is of a teenager
on their phone, similar to the kids in The Enchantment Project. No matter present or future we will still have our phones glued to our hands if it's for distraction, to go unnoticed or to do something when bored.
((great job! i love how you related the concepts of enhancement directly to your photos. plus, the picture you took at the stadium perfectly described how enhancement's cities look. loved these!))
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Image One (which is the one with the valley and hills): NATURE:
I like to imagine that this photo represents what it would be like to escape the main city and into the country. The seemingly endless valley represents (to me) the endless opportunities that await when one escapes to the country and away from the rebels of Pod 14, away from the Enhancement Project and away from the facade that everyone was led to believe.
Image Two (the one with the tall lampost): MAN-MADE:
Imagine, if you will, the rebel's struggles to win against Hybriad. How it seems to be the light at what looks like to be a neverending tunnel, or in this case, the light at the top of the lampost. The light seems so close but yet so far away at the same time and even though the rebels may plot and scheme and climb their way to the top of the lampost, they will never seize the light because there is just too many variables to account for and those variables are always changing.
Image Three (the last photo which I put in this category because it seemed like more of a combination of both man-made and nature): OTHER:
This image represents the facade of the world of the Enhancement Project that was created by Hybriad. The civilians who are clueless of what is happening see nothing but the facade, the blurry outlining of the truth of which you can barely make out or in this case, the reflections of the man-made structures. The rebels see through the facade and instead see the truth, a clear view of what is happening which in this case is the man-made structures built on the land. The sunset adds to this tone of facade by washing it all over with a blanket of eeriness and mistrust.
((so incredibly stunning! i love all of these photos so much, especially the first one. those mountains, trees, and ridges remind me of my other book, instability, which i set partially in colorado. i really want to go out to the west/midwest and travel the US. the simplicity and complexity of the photos just make me want to jump into the scene. great job, amber!))
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My category will be (d) Other
So here is my entry:
Enchantment. A funny word you see, it means something which attracts you or you deem to find charming. Now there are so many things I find enchanting out of my daily life. But out of all, something I would never want part apart with will be my books. Each book I read takes me to a different journey and makes me live a different life, makes me go through feelings which I don't feel ever day and makes me become a leaking hot mess. Whatever spell they have incanted on me, it is something I don't regret falling into. Therefore, the most enchanting thing I have seen and possess are my books.
((very well done! i love seeing your book shelf, which i find especially intriguing because i actually don't own many novels; i depend on libraries for my books and novels. but a dream of mine is to really start buying books i like, so believe it or not, i love this photo a lot!!))
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Massive thank you to all of the contest winners! I really love to see all the passion and effort you guys put into enjoying Enhancement. I am simply blown away by the creativity, so look forward to your prizes! Lots of love, and thanks again. More contests will hopefully be coming in the future :)
Question: what are some other ideas for Enhancement-themed contests?
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