Albanian children playing in a polluted river near a community garbage dump on the outskirts of Vushtrri, Kosovo.
PhotoShelter announced the winners of its Elevation 2008 Student Contest yesterday, after reviewing hundreds of portfolios and thousands of images. The jury-- not so shabby:
Paul Moakley- Senior Photo Editor, Newsweek
Phil Bicker- Creative Director, The Fader
Michelle Egiziano - Director of Photography, Spin Magazine
Michele Outland - Art Director, Nylon Magazine
Stephen Walker - Director of Photography, Nylon Magazine
Clinton Cargill - Associate Photo Editor, the New York Times Magazine
These folks whittled down the talent to five winners:
Mary Amor - Art Center College of Design
Tiana Markova- Gold - International Center of Photography
Carla Richmond - New England School of Photography
Antonio Pulgarin - Fashion Institute of Technology transitioning to School of Visual Arts
Matt Lutton - University of Washington
I am especially impressed with the breadth and quality of Matt Lutton's work. Lutton has yet to receive his BA, and has made some incredible work about Seattle, the Balkans, and Kosovo. Check out his site. Moakley says he would already "definitely think about putting him on assignment. He seems excited to shoot anywhere."
All these images are from Lutton's work on Kosovo. See many more here.
Summer thunderstorm as seen from Bill Clinton Boulevard in Pristina, Kosovo.
Young Albanian cow herders work and play in a polluted river near the Albanian town of Vushtrri, Kosovo.
UN train to Pristina, near Kosovo-Macedonia Border.
View of Kosova; A powerplant at dawn, a couple of kilometers north of Pristina.
French KFOR soldiers patrolling in downtown Mitrovica, near the center
of town bridge which divides the Albanian and Serbian sections of town.
The French are primarily responsible for this crossing and monitor the
bridge with electronics and snipers.
A young boy comes to investigate the scene of a garbage fire being
tended to by Kosovo firefighters in an underground section of the
Dardania neighborhood of Pristina.
Albanian teenagers play a game of basketball in an impoverished section
of Mitrovica, next to the remains of a burned out house which has been
turned into a community garbage dump.
Young fans climbed a light pole outside the National Library of Kosovo
in Pristina for a better view during a large public concert on a June
evening, which attracted people from around Kosovo to the capitol.
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Beautiful photos!! :)