He proposed a two-part contest, the first consists of selecting 20 images by well-known photographers from a wide variety of types and eras, then asking at least 100 people to rank them from most favorite to least favorite, from 1 to 20 with number 1 being their most favorite.
Andrews and I will collate and then average a general ranking based on all voters.
The second part of the contest is to ask participants to guess at the overall averaged rankings of the 20 images by all participants before they're revealed, from 1 to 20 with number 1 being the most popular. We will then collate predictions.
The person who predicts the favorites of all voters most accurately is the winner of a prize announced here.
ENTRIES ARE DUE AT MIDNIGHT, JUNE 7TH, EASTERN STANDARD TIME. RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY JUNE 8TH.
Below are the 20 images for the contest.
To participate, send in your two lists - labelled as "FAVORITES" and "RANKING GUESS" - with "CONTEST" in the subject line to fototazo@gmail.com. Please use the photographers' name (located in the caption) to identify the image. Below are larger versions of each image listed alphabetically.
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| Diane Arbus |
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| Roger Ballen |
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| Robert Capa |
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| William Eggleston |
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| Walker Evans |
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| Roger Fenton |
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| Andreas Gursky |
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| Dorothea Lange |
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| Steve McCurry |
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| Daido Moriyama |
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| Ruth Orkin |
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| Martin Parr |
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| Viviane Sassen |
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| Cindy Sherman |
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| Stephen Shore |
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| Alec Soth |
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| Alfred Stieglitz |
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| Paul Strand |
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| Hiroshi Sugimoto |
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| Edward Weston |