Welcome to Travel Photo Roulette 20: Clothes
Click here to find out the winner of this round!
The last round of Travel Photo Roulette was hosted by Jeremy at Living the Dream with the theme of “Paradise”. Jeremy is the guy that had the great idea about this contest and started it rolling on November 2010. Superb idea, Jeremy!
Not only did Jeremy start the series, but his picture also won round 18 and he conducted round 19, Paradise, which we won. It was such a pleasure to be picked as the winner by the founder of this game! Here is the winning picture, taken in a place that is very special in our hearts, the spot on earth we love the most. Our paradise. Just in case you are curious, it’s Ryan in the picture, enjoying the reflection on the calm water.
This Week’s Theme: Clothes
Very simple. We want this to be a showcase of people’s outfits, traditional clothes, pop-culture costumes, uniforms, attire, or even disguises, from around the world. Anything that makes people say “look at what they are wearing,” or highlighting the diversity of garments. We prefer photos that represent peoples’ real lives and culture rather than staged photo opportunities.
Contest Rules
The rules are simple. The hosting blogger is the chosen winner of the previous week’s (7 days) game. The new host chooses a generic keyword or phrase that other travelers submit photos to during the course of the week. Phrases can be as generic as “signs” all the way to abstract thoughts like “religion” and everything in between. At the end of the week, the hosting blogger chooses their favorite photo that fits the chosen phrase and moves it to the top of the post as the winning entry with direction to the new host’s site for the next round.
Readers can attempt to sway the author into picking a certain photo via comments, but the author can ignore comments as they see fit. The game is repeated with the winner hosting the following week’s game and choosing a phrase for new photo submissions.
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Extra Criteria to Keep in Mind When Submitting a Photo:
- One submission per Blog (so sites that have 2+ authors only get one entry).
- There has been much debate in the previous rounds as to “photoshopping.” As each round host can choose the level of edits they will allow, I will say that I want all submissions to look natural, and interpret that as you see fit.
- Abstract submissions welcomed as long as it fits within the interpretation of the chosen phrase. Remember, the hosting blogger chooses the winner, so if they cannot understand the submission, you might not win!
- Keep phrases general so that all bloggers can participate. Specific items like “Eiffel Tower” should be avoided but rather made open-ended like “monuments.” For variety, it is ok to say focused things such as “monuments at night” in which most of us have pictures of.
- Abstract thoughts are appreciated, but keep it within the realm that all readers will understand. No “Kafka-esque”, but “Overlooking Creation” is able to be interpreted by all.
- No obscene pictures or phrases allowed. Suggestive phrases and photography can be accepted, but please keep it within reason.
- After a sufficient period of time, phrases can be reused, however new photos must be submitted.
- Keep the ideas and photos fresh!
- Pictures from your entire portfolio are fair to submit. You do not have to take the photo within the week of the contest period to submit it.
- Most importantly, ALL PHOTOS MUST BE YOUR OWN.
- One last rule, since this is a competition for bloggers, we need you to be a blogger to be declared a winner. Sorry!
To Submit An Image
To enter in the Photo Roulette competition simply leave a comment below with a link to the image (whether Flickr, Picasa or your own site) and I’ll upload it to this post. Don’t forget to provide a brief description or caption for the photo so the viewers can get a little background as to what’s happening.
Check back here through the week to see all the entries as they come in, feel free to comment on them. The contest runs for 7 days from now, with the submission date being June 21st-28th, 2011. I’ll announce the winner on Wednesday, June 29th, and he or she will host round 21.
A little note: Medium size pictures is preferred (around 600 px). Large pictures might slow down downloading time for everybody.
Past Photo Roulette Winners and Hosts
The following is a list of the previously played rounds of the game and the hosting blogger for each. This list also doubles as a winner’s table as each topic host won the preceding round! Click the host’s link to go directly to that entry to see some stunning photographs from the chosen term/phrase!
- Nov 4-10, 2010 Living the Dream – “Animals”
- Nov 17-24, 2010 Skinny Backpacker – “Road Signs”
- Nov 29-Dec 6, 2010 Dream a Little Dream – “Street Art”
- Dec 8-15, 2010 Flashpacker HQ – “Festival”
- Dec 17-24, 2010 Over Yonderlust – “Landmarks”
- Dec 26-Jan 2, 2011 Don’t Ever Look Back – “Beaches”
- Jan 5-12, 2011 ThePlanetD – “Portraits”
- Jan 15-22, 2011 Travel with a Mate – “Motion”
- Jan 26-Feb 3, 2011 Johnny Vagabond – “Water”
- Feb 8-15, 2011 Ken Kaminesky – “Urban”
- Feb 21-27, 2011 Travels of Adam – “Friday Night”
- Mar 7-13, 2011 Itchy Feet Chronicles – “The Journey”
- Mar 19-25, 2011 Brendan’s Adventures – “Changing Seasons”
- Apr 4-10, 2011 Shutterfeet – “Storytelling”
- Apr 13-21, 2011 10timesOne – “Piousness”
- Apr 26-May 4, 2011 Beached Eskimo– “Learning”
- May 21-27, 2011 Travel Junkies – “Architecture”
- Jun 1-7, 2011 Destination World – “Transportation”
- Jun 8-15, 2011 Living the Dream – “Paradise”
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And… here are the entries for this round:
#1 Jessica from Misc Jessica
“Isla Mujeres, Mexico.”
#2 Brendan van Son from Brendan’s Adventures
“As much as I was tempted to send in a picture of myself dressing in drag from two halloweens ago, I’e decided to send you this photo of Parangole preforming at Carnival in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. My press pass served me well to get some great shots of the event.”
#3 Marcello from Wandering Trader
“The pic was taken during Caribana in Toronto which is the largest Caribbean festival outside of the Caribbean itself.”
#4 Christy from Ordinary Traveler
“A Sadhu in Nepal”
#5 Claire from Two 4 Travel
“Shepherd and his Camel on the drive down to the Dead Sea”
#6 Cam from Traveling Canucks
“Parade in Jaipur, India”
#7 Adam from Travels of Adam
“Seeing as how yesterday was the first day of summer, this is an image of me and my friends enjoying a picnic in Boston one summer evening. It’s a little more specific than the topic “clothing” but I’ve always thought shoes say a lot about the person wearing them. So many snap judgments can be made about a person because of the shoes (or lack of shoes) they’re wearing.”
#8 Adam from Sit Down Disco
“Balinese Dancer – As a Bali tragic, my photo of traditional costume has to be from this small island in beautiful Indonesia. When performing traditional dances, local people will usually don clothing suited to the particular occasion – generally this is called pakaian adat (traditional clothing!)”
#9 Jaime from Breakaway Backpacker
“This is a shot of indigenous people in Santa Cruz la Laguna (Lake Atitilan) reenacting Mayan rituals. The dance lasted for ever. I absolutely love the texture and color of all the outfits.”
#10 Jill from Jack and Jill Travel
“This is another one from Bali – from the production of Rama and Sinta. His costume and demeanor on stage was so freaky the audience fell silent as soon as he walked out of the door.“
#11 Audrey from That Backpacker
“ I snapped this one in a remote Bolivian village. This is the typical ‘cholita’ outfit. I love their straw hats and velvet skirts!“
#12 Slice from I Backpacker Travel
“ This is from the “Sensation White” party at Melbourne Etihad Stadium on New Years Eve 08/09 – everybody dressed in white clothes and having a party!“
#13 Leigh from Hike Bike Travel
“I met these kids after they finished dancing. They are just a few of the orphans from the Luwero District in Uganda. They’re dancing in thanks for land bought by a class of students attending a school run by the KiBO Foundation.”
#14 Angus from Vagamos
“This shot was taken in Venice while people watching. Most gondoliers wear stripes as part of their uniform. We were lucky enough to capture this lone gondolier in one of the back canals of Venice.”
#15 Nisha from Lemonics
“Indian Goddess donning a saree. I met her in a temple in Dharasuram in south India. “
#16 Jeremy from Living the Dream
“Diving gear is my favorite kind of clothes. Taken off Koh Tao, Thailand.”
#17 Andrew from The Unframed World
“On the day of shooting this photo, at one minute before midnight seven floats raced around Hakata in Fukuoka City carried by dozens of these nearly half-naked Japanese men. This is all part of the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival. It’s sure an experience I won’t soon forget either.”
#18 Mike from 1000 Fights
“Zulu King Goodwill’s Press secretary. Now that is some clothes!”
#19 Manyu from Shutterfeet
“This photo is from the traditional Samoan dance called the Fiafia from the island nation of Samoa. I had the opportunity to see these guys perform the dance live on my recent trip there. It is definitely an intense dance form made even more interesting in their dress.”
#20 Iain Mallory from Mallory on Travel
“An unexpected bit of carnival colour in a wet night in Lakeland Kendal, England”
#21 Claire from Beached Eskimo
“I visited Patagonia a couple of winters ago, and spent a bit of time horseriding. In San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, I went horseriding above the snowline. As we stopped for some morning tea and mate, I snapped this picture of one of the guides, a boy dressed in typical gaucho gear.”
#22 Stephen from Bohemian Traveler
“This is an Akha woman in the north of Laos.”
#23 Matt from Matt Koenig Photography
“When I was in Yogyakarta we took a tour of a facility where they made batik clothing. I photographed this woman waxing the intricate design on the fabric.”
Check out the awesome picture here. (Matt, sorry I can’t grab the picture from flickr)
Note: Each photo is under copyright by the submitter.
The game is now over,
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