Voting for Skidmore’s 4th annual “Creative Though Matters” Photography Competition has begun and cash prizes will be awarded to 4 students. Prizes are available in 4 categories and I bet everyone would like you to vote so they could pocket 200 bones. If you fancy yourself Skidmore’s Clement Greenberg go ahead and vote.
Gather ’round folks, the results for the CTM photo contest are in. After several hundred rolls of film, and a record total of 329 entries (thanks to the internet “upload”), four photos were chosen to represent this college in all its photo glory (I suppose). If you can remember, there were four categories from which a different picture was chosen. Here are the respective winners:
Best in Show: Lucy Senesac ‘09’s “Patriotic Surfaces”
Skidmore Life: David Mishler ’09’s “Frank 1”
Anything Goes: Jon Dorn ’09’s “Schuylerville Sunrise—mid-Drive to a Skidmore News cover photo shoot”
Kid’s People’s Choice Award: Chris Weigl ’11’s “Ethereal”
Skidmore Unofficial would like to congratulate all of the winners. Your college just paid your cover charge to MARE.
Tonight at Midnight marks your final opportunity to vote in the Creative Thought Matters Photo Contest. Head over to the website before this chance at democracy slips from your cold oppressed fingers. All you have to do is login, select your favorite photos, and click the little submit button and the college will hand out a bunch of money to the winners. Think of it this way: your 5 minutes of photo critiquing will boost not only your artsy street cred, but also the funds of some down-and-out kid with a camera. It’s win-win.
Remember how happy everyone got when they voted a couple of weeks ago: all that champagne and happiness? Hopefully you’ll be able to pick up right where you left off by voting for the “people’s choice” winner of the CTM photo contest. There are tons of submissions and the winner of the contest gets 200 bones so head over to the website and cast your ballot. No word yet as to the availability of the obviously well deserved “I Voted” stickers, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled.
Today is the deadline for this year’s “Creative Thought Matters” photo contest. The contest has been running for three years now, and somehow serves to prove that “there are groups and individuals using their creative thinking to make a difference, solve problems, and make creativity matter.” Pictures can either be based on Skidmore life or nothing at all, so even that sweet Facebook photo you turned into black & white is fair game (I guess). For ideas on what is expected, a list of terms, conditions, and rules is available on the Skidmore website (here).
The winner, as selected by judges, will receive a hefty $200. A photo will also be chosen by us, the people, and the winner of that (People’s Choice) category will also receive $200. That’s not all, though; two more categories, “Student Life” and “Anything Goes,” will provide each of their winners with $150. Although this may seem like more money than you’ve made all semester in DHall, I would wait to consider quitting school to pursue a career in photography.
Submissions can be made on the photo contest’s webpage, and are really, really easy.
