Photo of the Month | 65th Month

1st Place | Photo of the Month | 65th Month

As She Looked at Me, by Keith Goldstein
Keith Goldstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957. Keith was interested in art for as long as he can remember, with his mother being his biggest influence and supporter, encouraging him in his earliest artistic endeavors. Keith’s first connection with photography came about in high school when he was given a collection of photography magazines to draw from. Instead of drawing from them, he began to read them, becoming extremely fascinated with the medium. Keith’s photograph As She Looked at Me awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Street Photography, as it scored a solid 68 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 12) from our international jury of 5. The number of Google+, Facebook shares, and StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 5.005 from social media (Facebook Share 5, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0), and in total 73.005, the highest score in this competition for the 65th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 65th Month, 1st Place.

Prize:
We will publish a special interview with Keith Goldstein in the Exclusive Interview section on our website. Based on the social media responses, awarded photographs received on the 65th month, we set the maximum number of Facebook Like at 1000, Google+ at 100, Stumble at 1000, and our subscribers Comments at 50. For this month, we had a head-to-head contest between the top scorers and the photographs that scored the highest became winners of the Photo of the Month. Our team decided to honor these top scorers as 2nd and 3rd places with a page in the next issue of our magazine, where the photographers will share their stories of these photographs. We will also publish their interviews in the Exclusive Interview section on our Web. One can see the details of the score from this file. Award Score details, Photo of the Month, 65th Month We always try our best to make this competition as transparent as possible. Please read the award rules, and don’t forget to participate in next month’s competition for a chance to win this prestigious award!

2nd Place | Photo of the Month | 65th Month

Made to Love Magic, by Shahnaz Parvin
Shahnaz Parvin is a passionate Bangalee, who resides in Bangladesh. Though she is doing a job as system admin in a PSI company, her real passion lays in photography and learning it. Shahnaz mostly loves documentary photography, and loves to represent her country Bangladesh through her lens. Her images have been used on a number of renowned magazines in various countries. Shahnaz’s photograph Made to Love Magic, in the category of Color Photography scored 68.5 (Value 12.5, Clarity 12.5, Composition 17.5, Style 13, Skill 13) from our international jury of 5, and gains a good position in the competition. The number of Google+ and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph a notch, raising its score to 4.205 from social media (Facebook Share 3.905, G+ 0.3, StumbleUpon Organic View 0, and Comments 0), and in total 72.705, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 65th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 65th Month, 2nd Place.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 65th Month

Le Persiane, by Sébastien Beun
Tanmoy Saha has started photography since September 2007. Graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from North South University, Tanmoy has been working in Audio Visual department of ZANALA Bangladesh from June, 2012. He has completed Basic Photography course from Dhaka University Photography Society (DUPS), and Foundation Photography course from Pathshala. Sébastien’s photograph Le Persiane awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Architectural Photography, as it scored a solid 66 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 16, Style 13, Skill 13) from our international jury of 5. The number of Google+, Facebook shares, and StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 5.1 from social media (Facebook Share 5, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0, and Comments 0.1), and in total 71.1, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 65th Month.