Saturday, December 20, 2008

Winning art at MoSLP

The final Orange Island/Koinup photo hunt for 2009 was held from Dec. 11 - 12 2009 with the winners announced on Monday Dec. 15.

The contest theme was "winter" and the designated sim for the contest, Cu Mara, was provided by Cuwynne Deerhunter. Cu Mara, a winter wonderland, was the perfect setting for the last photo hunt session, as evidenced by the works posted on Koinup by all the talented photographers. The participants had from Thursday Dec. 11 to Friday Dec. 12 12pm SL to post up to ten entries each on the Koinup site. The Jury was comprised of the Orange Island team of (Mat Sierota, Fab Outlander, Jade Lily), Mariposa Upshaw - curator of the Museum of SL Photography, and Cuwynne Deerhunter owner/designer of the contest site sim, Cu Mara. Over 90 entries were received, http://www.koinup.com/contest/winterphotosession/entries/
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and the winners are:
1st place - Cala Rossini - "Peace at Last"
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2nd Place - Monroe Snook - "Fire and Ice"
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3rd place - Cienega Soon - "Flurries"
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These winning images will be exhibited at MoSLP during the next exhibition which will feature works by photographers Ro Gastel and Sunn Thunders, from December 22 - January 18.

Cala Rossini's works are being exhibited at MoSLP in the current show "Beauties and the Beast" which also features the work of Don Ahmad Hosho and Laurah Oh. Monroe and Cienega are both permanent collection artists of the Museum, and were part of the initial group of six photographers whose works were displayed in the debut exhibition of MoSLP.

Congratulations to Cala, Monroe and Cienega and to all the artists who participated in the contest - thank you for sharing your talents with us.

Please visit the Museum of Second Life Photography today! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fashionista/179/93/22

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