Summer Edition Hot Shots Announced!
Empty Kmart on 27th Street by Kate Bingaman
The time has come to announce the finalists for this Summer edition’s Hey, Hot Shot competition!
The Summer Edition Showcase will open with a reception for the artists on the evening of Wednesday September 6, 2006, from 6-8pm. The showcase will be on view Thursday September 7 will remain on view through Sunday September 10, 2006.
Without further ado, we present to you the Summer 2006 Hot Shots:
Kate Bingaman
Ernie Button
Kara Canal
Sam Gezari
Brandon Herman
Matthew Kime
Sara Macel
Matthew Nighswander
James Rajotte
Nadia Sablin
We’ve compiled a Flickr set of all the images submitted by our Hot Shot Winners!
Special thanks go to our awesome, fabulous and excellent panel for their insight humor and hard work, as well as our special guest panelists Jay DeFoore and Amit Gupta. And the other people who help make it happen: Jeff Kirsch for his research and technical prowess, Jesse Chan-Norris for hosting our panel meetings, Lauren Cerand for PR support, and also just for being her amazing self and last but not least the fabulous intern, Jane Tam for doing double duty being editor for both Hey, Hot Shot! blog and jen bekman News blog.
It’s always tough to narrow it down to the final ten, so we’re also happy to include a list of great photographers in our honorable mentions category:
Barbara Salinas, Shannon Taggart, Erika Larsen, Marc McAndrews, Juliana Beasley, Don Simon, Orrie King, Nayan Sthankiya, Katie Watson, Michelle Vitiello, Jessica Roberts, Mathew Spolin, Jonathan Feinstein, Brett Bell, Aaron Hraba, , Michael Bühler-Rose, Tania Camille Nasser, Travis Huggett, Danelle Manthey, Jay Parkinson, Jason Lazarus, Duane Dugas, Joan Cuenco, Derek Powazek, Beth Fladung, Svetlana Bahchevanova, Sesthasak Boonchai, Maureen Drennan, Jane Noel, Travis Ruse, Liz Danahey, Mikael Kennedy, and Sarah Madsen.
Thank you to all that participated in this competition!
