The hounds over here at MJR are pleased to announce the winner of the Intimacy contest Dina Goldstein. Although the decision was close, we feel that her frame simply titled “#4″ was far from ordinary and actually quite stunning. The moment captured strikes close to home for everyone who remembers those adolescent days where going to party and grinding with that special someone was a profound moment. The bond between the people is unspoken and for that 3-5 minute song everything else around is dark and inconsequential. The moment between the two of you was confidential and undisclosed until after the dance, when the gossip takes charge. Suddenly your invisible moment was not as sub rosa as you thought.
The “feelup”, the “booty grasp,” the prepubescent togetherness on the dance floor is not only intimate, but an often overlooked milestone in people’s lives both as the copper and the copped. This image is as intimate as it is momentous, carnal and prime. Congratulations to Dina for winning the contest and thank you everyone for submitting. Keep on the look out for more competition notifications in the upcoming weeks.
Here is Dina’s winning image and be sure to check out more of her work at http://www.dinagoldstein.com/
Here is the MJR teams intimacy tribute. Unfortunately the downloadable PDF was not created due to time constraints/travel plans and the likes. But we will be back with renewed vigor next month. As for now the MJR intimacy tribute is published below. Thank you for understanding.
Intimacy
“Whether in the privacy of a stranger’s home, or close proximity, it requires one to give and take more than usual. As subjects, they are giving a large piece of themselves. As stranger, I have to resolve and justify what they’re experiencing as a photograph. And so light must be my inspiration, composition my eloquence.”
Mustafah Abdulaziz | mustafah@wearemjr.com
Julius Metoyer | julius@wearemjr.com
Matthew Craig | matt@wearemjr.com
Woops! it seems like we forgot to mention the deadline for the “intimacy” contest. We will allow any photograph submitted before Midnight June 1, 2008. This means if its 11:59 on June 1st you’re in, but if its 12:01 June 2nd your shot will not be submitted and your chance to win Mustafah’s print is gone with the wind. Right now we are only accepting digital submissions but if you have to send a print just let us know and we may be able to work something out. Please send all submissions to Natalie “The Queen of Sugar Plum Pie” our General Director. Her email address is natalie@wearemjr.com. If you put something like “contest” or “print giveaway” in the subject line it will make all of our lives a little easier.
You have three weeks before the deadline which is more than enough time to get something together and already we are surprised by the quality of submissions. So keep em coming and the winner will be announced sometime during the first week of June.
Don’t forget! THE DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT JUNE 1st 2008!
Submit to natalie@wearemjr.com.
You know I can’t post something without an image. So Here is something for your viewing pleasure
PAY YOUR TAXES!
-j
This is hopefully the start of something pretty neat. This May, there’s a Print Giveaway and a bit of a contest to go along with it.
It’s simple. We name the theme, you make the pictures and post the links here on this thread. We’ll go through them and select one winner each month. The winner gets a signed print.
Whether you’re sitting pretty in Toronto or firing away your rolls in Singapore, we’ll get it to you.
To kickstart it all, I’ve dug through my closet and found this 12×18 Matte that’s a personal favorite showing an aspect of the very theme we’re going with for May…
The theme of this month is intimacy.
We want to see people-based photography. Images that shows empathy. Often times, it’s the most difficult thing to achieve an honest emotional intimacy with your subject, so it doesn’t have to be a complete stranger. It can be a brother, a sister, a friend or a co-worker. Get close, get personal, and show us your best. But remember, give dignity to your subject.
Good luck.
