They are about the public contest of image and show, about celebration and denigration — and about New York.
But, for one class of cartoonist wannabes — the finalists in The New Yorker's cartoon-caption contest — the image supplied by the cartoonist always come first.
In a contest of image, perception and power, the rebellion pits those disenfranchised by Mr. Mubarak's government against a still formidable array built around the military and security apparatus and a fabulously wealthy clique enriched by connections with the governing party.
In this year's contest 78,801 images, from 4,738 individuals, were entered in the photography categories.
The rewards were offered as Isis (also known as Islamic State) claimed responsibility for the attack on a Texas cartoon contest featuring images of the Prophet Mohamed.
Coming Up Artful Science A Princeton University art contest, soliciting "images produced during the course of scientific research that have aesthetic merit," mustered some pretty cool stuff: an oblique photograph of an architectural structure built of chocolate, a highly intimate look at cells of the fruit fly ovary, and so forth.
Second, Dickie contests the image of Cosa Nostra as 'men of honour' so disgracefully pandered to by Brando, Pacino et al. The implied claim, however, that Dickie alone lays bare the fact that the Mafia is a bunch of scumbags (for lack of a more poetic expression) is another of his advertising slogans.
The Irvine Ranch Conservancy's "Love the Landmarks" photo contest seeks images of locations within the Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks and the unique connections that people from with them.
Laguna Art Museum and the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach have joined forces to create the show "ImageMakers National Photography Contest: Pacific Regional Winners". Images will be showcased at the museum's Young Artists Society Gallery, on the lower level of the gallery space, from Sunday through May 19.
