At long last the photographs selected to be included in the 2020 Photo Review 36th Annual Photography Competition have been posted on the Photo Review website for a virtual exhibition. You can see them here: https://www.photoreview.org. The 2020 competition was juried by Kathy Ryan, Photo Editor, and Jessica Dimson, Deputy Director of Photography, of The New York Times Magazine. There are a million competitions and you could spend all your time just working on that, so I try to focus on those that interest me for a particular reason(s), including who the jurors are and how competitive they are. That was the case here.
It’s sometimes very surprising what photos will be selected when you submit several and I have been pleasantly surprised those that have been chosen for the last several shows I’ve been in. I am particularly happy about my selection for this show. It speaks strongly to me about the ambivalence for many concerning the times we live in. I thought about that when I made the photograph a couple of years ago and I still feel that way now. Perhaps the jurors felt the same way.
Stay safe,
Michael