Unusual and interesting photos

 I find this photographer, Christian Ruhm, To have a very interesting style of photography. He seems to overlap a single building with its self to give it a cool shadow like effect ith the building it's self running through each other in different tilt.
I believe he could of made these beautiful pieces by using Photoshop to overlap or layer the picture on it's self around 3 times. then or before he most likely changed the background of the photo to a solid color.
I personally believe that many famous European landmarks would be beautiful for this style. Such as the beautiful towers and ancient architect they hold. Such as the Leaning tower of Pisa, Cologne Cathedral or the Neuschwanstein Castle.

  Yunghi Kim took the photo, i find it to be amazing because of the symbolic message this man, Robert James Carlson, is showing. Yunghi did a great job at stealing your focus and making you really look at this and feel something out of something so simple. This won 1st Place in the Portrait Series category. I think the subject in the photo made this as good as it is, the way that the crowd seems to move quickly behind him as he stays still and it draws your eyes to the photo. I think it was a pretty equal reason for the photo winning 1st place.

  Brian van der Brug took this captivating photo. Taken of two murder convicts. one of which is on his death bed. The photo is beautiful in it's self and had a reason to win, the timing of the photo, the angle, the editing. All is so breathtaking, It is also quite touching and is obvious why it won 1st. The judges most likely where impressed by the situation in the photo and the way it was being view, it is life sadly and this is how it runs. It really touches you deep.

  Brian Cassey took this last photo, it is definitely my favorite because of the impact it has. Everything about this is incredible, the story behind it, the women in it, and the way all the colors and everything about her face just all sinks in and is so bright and beautiful. The most captivating aspect being her beautiful blue eyes.  This simply touches the viewer and amazes you. It is no wonder this one won 1st as well as the others above. The photographer really brought out the beauty in the model and really both deserve credit for the well deserved win.

 
 









 These two photo's look quite alike right? Though the first is a famous painting and the next a photograph. The photographer in the second photo did in a sense follow the same theme as the first though while the painting is the figure of the man whom is holding the sphere and the room he is is, the photo is of a shore, like a magic glass ball.
I am influenced by painting that show life in a much more saturated sense and bring more dept to something you can't see in real life.