The Online Photographer

Here are some more of the semifinalists chosen by our guest Judge. —Ed.

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Photo by David Haynes

"Welding parts as part of the build of an industrial shredder, 2010.  These 'mega shredders' fragment everyday items—like cars—into scrap that is shipped for recycling—often then used in the build of new domestic items—like more cars."

 

Photo by Sergio Bartelsman

"Fishermen at sunrise off the coast in northern Colombia, 2008. They live in a very small seaside town called Verrugas, which means 'warts,' in the Gulf of Morrosquillo. This place was known in the past as a departure point for high speed boats taking narcotics to the U.S. over the horizon across the Caribbean. Now it is a forgotten and peaceful place."

 

Photo by Larry Monczka

"'Walk this way.' This image was made in 1994 in New York City. I was wandering up a side street towards Fifth Avenue while the streets were closed for a parade. When I came across this cop giving directions to an old lady, I grabbed a quick shot. The body language of the officer and the woman tells the story at a glance."

 

Photo by Avery Ragan

"'Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.' When the golden spike driven in to connect the continent by rail, train crews were well known and admired. These days, train crews are almost invisible to the average person going about their daily business and the fact that their work has a major impact on our quality of life is either ignored, or, more likely, not even thought about...by those everyday average people."

 

Photo by Russell Waddell

"I am not  a professional photographer (blatantly obvious) but took time off from a conference in Vienna to photograph the architecture of this fascinating city. Made this shot of reflections of old building in windows of a modern building and captured myself at work."

 

Photo by Carl Wilson

"Stony, Don, Barry, and Victor. Linemen are 'the salt of the earth.' Dedicated, hard workin', and reliable, with a little mischief thrown in to keep things interestin'."

 

Photo by Robert Munoz

"In a confluence of the sublime and the quotidian, two window washers ply their trade rappelling from a crane down the face of a jewel of modern architecture, I.M. Pei's glass pyramid in the main courtyard of Louvre Museum in Paris. November, 2012."

 

Photo by Ian Hillenbrand

"I took this photograph at a recent game between the Oakland Athletics and Cincinnati Reds. As the home Reds took the field between innings, I was intrigued by the police officer who confidently guarded the field, shielding the players from the any overly zealous spectators, who sit anonymously, out-of-focus in the foreground. His serious attitude interceded between the fans and the players nonchalantly taking their spots on the field."

 

Photo by Ricardo Silva Cordeiro

"At 'Feira da Ladra,' a famous Portuguese flea market, an old vendor shows how his ancient merchandise is still functional by taking a nap in one of his chairs."

 

Photo by Dave Levingston

"Turkey Man. I took this photo around 1974 when I was a photojournalism student at Ohio University. I spent a day documenting the life of a turkey farmer as a project for class. The subject was delivering feed to his charges who were destined to soon be included in frozen TV dinners. I used Tri-X in a Leica M2 with a Canon 35mm ƒ/2 lens."

 

Photo by Patrick Dodds

"This was taken earlier this year and shows actor Vincent Manna preparing for a theatrical production of a new work, Wimp. In the background can be seen the director and the stylist. This shot was taken very early on in the rehearsals process but using the actual venue, a disused church in Peckham, South London."

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As before, your comments welcome! (Do be kind...the photographers are "in the room" so to speak.)

Mike
(Thanks to the Judge)

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Here's the first group of photos chosen by our celebrity mystery judge (who is real—this is not misdirection from the trickster Ed.). We're keeping the identities of the photographers under wraps during the commenting. Please don't comment on your own photo or acknowledge it.

Unfortunately, I had to disqualify several of the Judge's picks because they weren't accompanied with a description. It was one of the entry requirements after all. —Ed.

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Photo by Jonathan Gewirtz

"A friend of mine runs a traditional auto repair shop. My visits there are a delight as I get to chat with my friend and his dad, check out the machinery (they are always working on some interesting vehicle) and discover new photographic opportunities. This pic is from 2009."

 

Photo by Jim Simmons

"Funeral Home Guys. Manhattan, summer of 1975, my first experience in the Mecca for street photographers. Days and nights stalking the streets, subways, tourist haunts and parks, snapping photos of virtually everything. Intense immersion—shooting, developing, contact printing, rinse-and-repeat every day. Most images were in the styles of my street photo heroes of the time, but this picture of parking lot attendants stood out from the rest, mostly for being less chaotic and for using distance to make the image what it is."

 

Photo by Chad Sellers

"When our daughters said they wanted their room painted pink, we told them they'd have to help with the work. Leah, our three year-old, took the assignment seriously. Her technique may have left a bit to be desired, but her attitude more than made up for it."

 

Photo by Sherrie Larimore

"Seattle, 2012. I came across this salon scene during a busy Friday evening neighborhood art walk. These two seemed oblivious to the activity on the sidewalk and completely engrossed in the impending haircut."

 

Photo by Mike Leinhauser

"Taken in the original Bankers Life building in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1977. Doing a yearly tear-down and maintenance routine on an old ammonia compressor that had been converted to R-12 freon.

"Really hated this job, especially 'punching' the two evaporators and condensers seen in the upper left of the photo with a long rod with a brush on the end of it. The man in photo, co-worker Mike Wagner, is checking bearings.

"Photo taken with a Pentax H1a and Kodak Panatomic-X rated E.I. 64 developed in Rodinal.  The main lighting was a four-foot, four-tube fluorescent fixture mounted on a two-wheel hand cart."

 

Photo by Peter Brian Schafer

"I've been working on a photography project for the past year on prostitutes in the Dominican Republic, specifically Sosua on the north coast.  I learned about Sosua through an ethnography of the women who come there, their motivations and hopes and dreams, by Denise Brennan. What was striking about the story Brennan told was that she didn't characterize the women as victims. Of course, choices are limited in the DR for women to make a decent living, but she describes women with agency, with plans, and with a purpose. When I went there, as I got to know the women, three in particular, I learned this to be true. I also learned that they are, like you or me, disarmingly ordinary. This is Dahiana."

 

Photo by Timo Lindman

"Outside a downtown construction site: denizens of a lot-line graffiti mural mark time, looking on uneasily at the progress of the adjacent lot's foundation work."

 

Photo by William Baker

"This was taken last summer in the International District of Seattle, on a lunchtime photo walk. There's a great little Vietnamese deli around the corner from where I work, and when walking past I saw a great opportunity to capture the girl making sandwiches (banh mi) and intermingle the reflection from the street behind me. This was taken with an Olympus OM-D using an old Canon FD 50mm ƒ/1.8 adapted lens."

 

Photo by Koen Lageveen

"Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, June 2013. People tend to be pretty vocal about advertisements. I get that, especially when you have a flight to catch at 4 a.m. Then again, it's just people doing their job. I hope this lady had fun. Looks like it."

 

Photo by Serge Millois

"I am French and the photo I joined here has been taken in 2003. That is a scrap cutting operation in a steel mill in Italy (I am working in the steel mill industry)."

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Your comments are solicited and welcome. —Ed.

Mike
(Thanks to the Judge)

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