30th Round Judge’s Picks – Andrew Barrow & Don Giannatti
Andrew & Don’s overall winner is Eric Raeber
DON GIANNATTI
“It was a blast to see so many talented photographer’s work. I looked for something I had not seen before or something that I had seen before in a way I hadn’t seen it”
ANDREW BARROW
“There were some stand out entries in all the categories. Loved the humour in many and it certainly looked like a large number of the entrants had enormous fun in taking the pictures. The images that grabbed the attention made it was obvious that the photographer had thought about the subject and how to interpret it differently, uniquely, interestingly. It was a fascinating exercise seeing how everyone interpreted the theme; certainly made me think and came away inspired.”
The gallery below shows Eric’s complete work for Round 30 of the Photography Scavenger Hunt.
Don & Andrew selected the following images as Category winners
Don’s votes for Eric:
- Twenty-one – 1st Place
- Positive Space – 1st Place
- Warming – 1st Place
- Hope – 2nd Place
- Clouds – 3rd Place
- Count – Honorable Mention
Andrew’s votes for Eric:
- Twenty-one – 1st Place
- Positive Space – 1st Place
- Warming – 1st Place
- Clouds – 1st Place
- Count – 2nd Place
- Upside – Honorable Mention
Andrew Barrow
Judge
Andrew Barrow graduated with a Masters in Photography from Falmouth University, Cornwall, UK, in 2019.
In 2020 he was awarded Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society for “The Washing Line Project” – series of off-beat food images where all the food is hanging from a washing line. His photographic subjects are varied – from an Old Masters-style collection of Cocktail still-lifes to documenting the historical ‘wine doors’ (serving hatches) of Florence, Italy. Andrew works on a project basis, because, he says, “I flounder without some specific goal, I can’t just go out and take a photograph. My work needs boundaries”. Like many people, one of his current projects is Covid related but in his surreal, humour-tinged way he is also working on depicting his local town (a pretty, quintessential English market town) in an off-beat way.
Don Giannatti
Judge
Don Giannatti has been a photographer for over 5 decades, living through the myriad changes in the industry and art. Starting out as an editorial photographer, Don moved into fashion, beauty and portrait work before opening a commercial studio which served the advertising and design to the third-largest agency in Arizona in 6 years. The Agency handled mostly medical and health-systems related clients and managed pre-IPO public relations for many startup medical tech companies.
Don’s client work includes photography, graphic design, concept, and copywriting.
Having gone from photographer to agency/client and back again Don currently works to bring his broad experience and perspective to photography education. He advocates for disciplined work that presents a creative concept as well as technical excellence.
His current work is personal and contextual, and he teaches an online course for commercial photographers called the Project 52 Pro System. His website and community of photography students is a hub of creative activity.