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| 1st Place Young Farmer Bud Dorsey Louisville, KY |
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1st Place On hard times Michael J Albert Pepin, WI |
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| 2nd Place Sheep and Goat Anne Berry Newnan, GA |
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2nd Place Rainbow Harvester Bonnie Stasser Goodland, KS |
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| 3rd Place Giants in the Salinas Valley Jaymie Lee Moore Salinas, CA |
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3rd Place Hard Days Work Anna Williamson Dover, FL |
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Photographer Paul Mobley traveled the country documenting America's unsung heroes of industry and agriculture in his book: "American Farmer: Portraits of the Heartland". What began as a break from his commercial photography soon became a journey which led Mobley down a path of self-discovery with a renewal in his passion for making images.
Countless air miles and faces later, what emerged was a study of the human spirit and rich book of portraiture featuring over 150 images from his travels spanning countless farms across the United States. These pictures reveal the face of the American farmer as its never been seen before and prove that hard work, resilience and compassion are what preserve our foundations as caretakers of the land.
Mobley's work for American Farmer was recently optioned for presentation as a feature-length documentary. The film goes deep into our nation's agricultural heartland to tell the personal stories of the indomitable men and women who literally sustain us all. Dubbed "American Farmer" by its producers, the documentary will launch followed by a national PBS broadcast.
Contest Information
Mobley would like you to share your experiences with the country's beautiful agriculture, farm, farmer's market and garden world. Capturing your favorite fall harvest scene, summer fruit stand, farmer's market or road-side stand, share your view of this country's beautiful landscape, agriculture and harvest. Contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers from across the country.
Your American Farmer Photo Contest
This Contest will have two sets of prizes:
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Paul Mobley will be joined by Reid Callanan of Sante Fe Workshops, Gregory Wakabayashi from Welcome Books, Andrew Barbusca of the National Farmer's Market Nutrition Association and Joe Murphy of the Iowa Farm Bureau. Jurors will choose first, second and third prize selections based on originality, beauty and capturing the heart of America's agriculture society and strength. People, places, farms, landscape-these photos should embody America's rich harvest. Capture the human spirit in each subject.
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People's Choice entries will be voted on by viewers. One selection per viewer. Registration to Dark Room Gallery is required to prevent stuffing the ballot box but will allow you to rally your friends, share your photo and be chosen the best by the masses!Become a fan of Paul Mobley for more information and daily contest updates: http://www.facebook.com/MobleyShoots
From the Darkroom Gallery: Paul Mobley was the juror for the Darkroom Gallery's "Down on the Farm" exhibit and we are thrilled to host this contest for him. This is strictly an on-line event technically administered by the Darkroom Gallery but it's Paul Mobley's event.
JURORS:
-Reid Callanan is founder and director of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, currently in its twenty-second year offering workshops to the international imaging community. In addition to a robust, year-round schedule on its campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico, The Workshops partners with National Geographic to offer photography workshops around the world. In 1994 Reid founded the non-profit Santa Fe Center for Photography, now known as Center, and is currently an officer on its Board of Directors. Reid started photographing in 1974 and has been working with Polaroid imagery since 1976. He has recently published a book of his Polaroid images from his Homescapes series.”
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-Gregory Wakabayashi is the designer of Paul Mobley’s book, American Farmer, and as Art Director of Welcome Books he designed high-quality visual books in a variety of genres, with a particular personal interest in photography. Among the photographers with whom he has worked at Welcome: Amy Arbus, Richard Avedon, Barbara Bordnick, Douglas Kirkland, Tim Street-Porter, Alfred Wertheimer, and Laura Wilson.
His extensive work with the late Richard Avedon on several books including Avedon: The Sixties, Richard Avedon: Made in France, and Richard Avedon: Portraits, also led to his collaboration on the design and installation of Avedon’s retrospective portraits exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2002. He has also consulted on the designs of separate museum and gallery exhibitions in France, Switzerland, and Italy for the photographer Hiro, and with Amy Arbus and Eric Meola for gallery shows in New York City.
He also works independently with photography galleries and has designed catalogues for shows of the work of photographers including Philippe Halsman, Kenro Izu, and Arnold Newman.
In addition to his ongoing responsibilities at Welcome Gregory is currently collaborating on the development of separate books on the lives and work of photographers Sid Grossman, James Karales, and Leon Levinstein.
-Andy Barbusca is the Branch Chief for Local Agency Support at the State WIC Program headquarters in Sacramento. His team is responsible for the farmers’ market nutrition program as well as providing program and contract technical assistance to 84 local agency WIC programs statewide, with contracts totaling over 200 million dollars. The National Association of Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs is a non-profit corporation founded in 1992. It is the nation’s only organization that links States, the District of Columbia, Indian Tribal Organizations, Territories and others with a stake in USDA’s Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs (including local fruit and vegetable growers and low-income families and seniors) with a shared mission.
Through two federal programs, checks or coupons are provided to eligible WIC families and seniors to purchase fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables. Both programs expand the awareness, use of and sales at farmers’ markets, roadside stands and/or community supported agriculture farms. http://www.nafmnp.org/about.
-Joe Murphy serves as the Senior Photographer and writer with the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. Murphy manages photography for the weekly Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman, the monthly Family Living, as well as the web site iowafarmbureau.com. Murphy has had several photographs chosen by Congressman Tom Latham to be permanently displayed in his Washington D.C. Congressional office that feature a broad range of all that Iowa has to offer. Additionally, his work has been featured in National Geographic Television, Time, Chicago Sun Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution, United Press International, Associated Press, Liaison, Chronicle of Higher Education and The Des Moines Register. Follow him @jmurphpix
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Juror's Choices:\r\n\r\n People's Choice:\r\n\r\n\r\n1st Place Young FarmerBud Dorsey Louisville, KY\r\n\r\n\r\n1st PlaceOn hard times Michael J Albert Pepin, WI\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n2nd PlaceSheep and Goat Anne Berry Newnan, GA\r\n\r\n\r\n2nd PlaceRainbow Harvester Bonnie Stasser Goodland, KS\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n3rd PlaceGiants in the Salinas Valley Jaymie Lee Moore Salinas, CA\r\n\r\n\r\n3rd PlaceHard Days Work Anna Williamson Dover, FL\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nPhotographer Paul Mobley traveled the country documenting America's unsung heroes of industry and agriculture in his book: \"American Farmer: Portraits of the Heartland\". What began as a break from his commercial photography soon became a journey which led Mobley down a path of self-discovery with a renewal in his passion for making images. Countless air miles and faces later, what emerged was a study of the human spirit and rich book of portraiture featuring over 150 images from his travels spanning countless farms across the United States. These pictures reveal the face of the American farmer as its never been seen before and prove that hard work, resilience and compassion are what preserve our foundations as caretakers of the land. Mobley's work for American Farmer was recently optioned for presentation as a feature-length documentary. The film goes deep into our nation's agricultural heartland to tell the personal stories of the indomitable men and women who literally sustain us all. Dubbed \"American Farmer\" by its producers, the documentary will launch followed by a national PBS broadcast.
