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New Photo Assignment: Abandoned

11 August 2009 4 Comments

abandonedWhether it’s obvious, or something that requires some insight, everywhere you look you can find something that’s been left behind, no longer used; abandoned. The purpose of our assignment this time around is open your eyes to that which does not get noticed anymore. Your task is photograph things that have been: Abandoned

Be it an abandoned building or structure, an old bicycle chained to a lampost, or perhaps a vehicle that has been left to rust… shoot the abandoned!

Entries are to be posted here in our forums. Remember, you may submit up to 3 images per assignment/challenge, and the top 3 photos entries will be published in the PhotographyBB Magazine. This assignment runs from now through to August 20th, 2009.  Happy Photographing!

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4 Comments »

  • John said:

    Great contest idea…

  • Glenn C. Riffey said:

    Interesting, just this weekend I did an entry on my photoblog “RiffsPics” – gcriff.blogspot.com – about Yard Surfing Blues, and one of the photos is entitled Left Behind Blues. I think it just fits in with your assignment, even if I was shooting it for a different reason :-)

    I may have to give it a try and see what happens.

  • Heimana said:

    great idea!
    here’s my first one: http://twitpic.com/4xhhn

  • Hendrik Demey said:

    I would suggest reminding everybody that the pictures must be made during the timeframe of the assignment. So no pictures dug out of an old electronic shoe box :-)
    I made the same mistake but removed my submissions and sent new ones especially shot for the assignment

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