Thanks to a friend of my friend, Dave Rudin, I finally have copies of the Jan-Feb issue of French PHOTO magazine. The friend, who lives in France, had to mail the copies to both Rudin (who also has a winning photo in this issue) and myself. It appears the magazine is no longer distributed in the United States.
That’s my photo above in the magazine. It features the amazing Blueriverdream, who carried that great dress up a mountain in Nevada so we could make this photo.
There are categories for the entries in this contest, such as “nude,” portrait,” and “photojournalism.” This was the first time I’d entered a non-nude photo and I couldn’t figure out what would be the appropriate category for this photo. (Since I speak no French at all, it was more of a challenge than it might have been otherwise.) So I sent it in without selecting a category.
The magazine editors may have had as much trouble figuring out where it fit as I did, though…they ended up publishing it in the “sports” category:
I have no idea what led them to make that choice. But I’m just happy that it is a winner and is published in the magazine.
Here’s the photo so you can get a better look:
