THEME: REFLECTION

with contributions from Pedro Victor Cardoso, Carrie Waggoner, Megan Shields

FIRST PLACE

Pedro Victor Cardoso, 17
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

I took this photo one afternoon at Lage Park, a well-known leisure area in Rio de Janeiro. The park has a lot of good memories associated with it. I used to go there a lot with my father — also a photographer, and my mentor — when I was young.

Visually, the photo presents an altered reflection of light where a spot of green light rests on the lake. The dauk background acts as a contrasting element between the brilliant light and the affected object (the lake), as if it were a manifestation of hope reaching a previously darkened environment, bringing the image of change.

The image results from a double exposure of planes; in this case by juxtaposing two images in the same frame. First, with a greentinted filter, I photographed a tiny bit of sunlight coming through some trees. Immediately after, I threw a stone into the lake and captured the ripples on film so that this second image was superimposed on the first. The photo was finished.

Camera: Canon A-1

SECOND PLACE

Carrie Waggoner, 17, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, USA

This photograph was taken at home, in my room, on an evening when I was babysitting my sister Elisabeth, who is the subject of the photo. I captured her at a very calm and concentrated moment, when she was working on her journal — a scrapbook of memories, ideas, dreams, and anything else she decides to put in it. For her, writing in her journal is not only a form of expression, but also one of reflection. Through it, She can look back on herself and see how she has changed and grown.

Camera: Canon AE1

THIRD PLACE

Megan Shields, 16, Fox River Grove, Illinois, USA

This photograph is a depiction of palm trees reflecting off the still, early-morning waters of a swimming pool in Cancún, my family's vacation destination this past spring.

The picture reminded me of the metaphysical sense of the word reflection, because we reflect God just as clearly and faithfully as the smooth, unwavering water mirrors the palm trees alongside the pool.

Camera: Nikon F5 camera;
lens: 24-120 mm Nikon
f3.5-4.5; film: Fujicolor 400
Press film

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