Photo of the Month | 72nd Month

1st Place | Photo of the Month | 72nd Month

Reindeer People, by Shirren Lim
Born in Penang Island, Malaysia, in 1970, Shirren would find herself moving cities over the course of her life. She is now based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Shirren took up photography in 2009, as she thought it would be an interesting habit, later she discovered it as her true passion. Shirren loves portraitures best. To her, the expressions people wear are so beautiful, so telling, so uncovered in their sincerity. Shirren’s photograph Reindeer People awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Black & White Photography, as it scored a moderate 69 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 13) from our international jury of 5. The number of organic and total social share along with the organic reach and comments boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 5.71 from social media (Organic Share 1, Total Share 3.22, Organic Reach/View 1.49, and Comments 0), and in total 74.71, the highest score in this competition for the 72nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 72nd Month, 1st Place.

Prize:
We will publish a special interview with Shirren Lim in the Exclusive Interview section on our website. Based on the social media responses and comments, awarded photographs received on the 72nd month, we set the maximum number of Organic Social Share at 500, Total Social Share at 1000, Organic Reach 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, 72nd 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 | 72nd Month

Mitvah Tank, 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. It wasn’t until he dropped out of college after his second year, and was working in a warehouse, that he decided on photography as a means to creative expression. Keith’s photograph Mitvah Tank, in the category of Street Photography scored a solid 69 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 13, Skill 12) from our international jury of 5, and gains a good position in the competition. The number of organic and total social share along with the organic reach and comments boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 5.535 from social media (Organic Share 0.92, Total Share 3.83, Organic Reach/View 0.785, and Comments 0), and in total 74.035, the second highest score in this competition for the 72nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 72nd Month, 2nd Place.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 72nd Month

X, by Shirren Lim
Another marvelous piece of work from photographer Shirren Lim X, in the category of Black & White Photography scored a solid 67 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 11, Skill 12) from our international jury of 5. The number of organic and total social share along with the organic reach and comments boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 5.405 from social media (Organic Share 1.23, Total Share 2.71, Organic Reach/View 1.465, and Comments 0), and in total 72.405, the third highest score in this competition for the 72nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 72nd Month, 3rd Place.

The Tenderloin, by Keith Goldstein
Another marvelous piece of work from photographer Keith Goldstein The Tenderloin, in the category of Portraiture Photography scored a solid 68 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 13, Skill 13) from our international jury of 5. The number of organic and total social share along with the organic reach and comments boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 4.3 from social media (Organic Share 1.02, Total Share 2.83, Organic Reach/View 0.46, and Comments 0), and in total 72.3, the forth highest score in this competition for the 72nd Month. This photograph is also the winner of Photograph of the Month – 72nd Month, 3rd Place as their score is so close.