This month we’re trying something a little different.  In November we had a giveaway with a winner chosen at random.  This month we’re doing a contest where the winner will be chosen by myself.  We’ll probably play around a little with the format in the coming months and see what resonates well with all of you awesome readers and community members.

Win a Copy of The Americans by Robert Frank

The Americans by Robert Frank

December 2010 Photo Contest Theme: Trip!

What does trip mean to you?  How can you convey that feeling or action in a single photograph?

The beauty of a one word themed contest is it’s ability to push your creativity to higher levels and that’s the point of these contests and giveaways.

How to Enter

It’s super simple.  Join the forums and become a member (if you aren’t already) and post an image that fits the theme trip in our December 2010 Photo Contest thread!

One entry per person.

Deadline for Entries

Deadline is December 31 2010 Midnight CST.

Winner will be announced January 1st 2011 and the winner will be contacted for mailing info.

Some reviews of The Americans by Robert Frank

“There is undoubtedly no book that has packed a greater punch in modern photography thank Frank’s The Americans.”

Charlie LeDuff ,Vanity Fair

“Photography was never the same after The Americans. Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander and Nan Goldin all walked through the door Frank opened. And his influence was by no means limited to art photography. Fashion ads, music videos, movies- everyone stole from Frank”.

Malcolm Jones, Newsweek

“One of the greatest photography books of the 20th century.”

Richard Lacayo, TIME

“Frank’s genius was to see America unfiltered, much like Walker Evans and Dorthea Lange. There are no tricks here, no posing or false glory, just a sense of desolation.”

David Ulin, Los Angeles Times

“The Americans reflects the mood of a turbulent decade, when postwar euphoria was giving way to racial tension and anti-Communist paranoia. But it’s not just remarkable for its subject matter. The book offered a new visual language for photography: an intimate, off kilter aesthetic that’s been imitated so many times that it seems obvious. In 1958, in an era of Tupperware and Hula-Hoops, it was far from obvious. Like its contemporary Beat-era poetry and novels, The Americans was a blast of authenticity, a potent artistic statement, a revelation.”

Sarah Coleman, Planet

“To mark the book’s fiftieth anniversary, Steidl has published a new edition, complete with Kerouac’s introduction, making The Americans the most famous photography book all over again.”

Nicole Rudick, Bookforum