Venus Zine’s 1st Annual Photo Contest: Food
Issue #45
By Venus Zine Staff
Published: November 1st, 2010 | 12:00am
For our first annual Photo Contest, Venus Zine
received over 1,500 entries from talented photographers all over the
world. Our esteemed panel of judges selected one winner from each of
five different categories—street fashion, music/concert, travel,
portrait, and food—which we present in our winter issue (on newsstands now!), along with our readers’ choice and staff favorites.
Since we didn't have room to print 'em, we decided to pull 30 of our
favorite runners-up in the food category and share them here. Take a
look, and let us know what you think! We'll give our favorite
(constructive!) commenter a prize.
photographer: Stephanie Wan
“eggs benedict in montreal. yum.”
photographer: William Miller
“Took it at a nice sushi place in Olympia Wa. Love me some sushi!”
photographer: Liz Nielsen
“watermelon, 2010, shot with hipstamatic application on my iphone”
photographer: Catherine Hunsburger
“A simple, graphic, black & white image of fresh eggs”
photographer: Theresa Fawver
“Making lemonaid........water flowing on lemon half in a black sink!”
photographer: Theresa Fawver
“Apple put in a bowl of water overnight and then melted under water the next day leaving a hole in the ice.”
photographer: Elizabeth LaHay
“Key Lime Tart”
photographer: Jennifer Stillman
“This is my daughter Lucy. We went to an amusement park this summer and as a parting gift for the 3 hour ride home, I gave her LOTS of sugar.”
photographer: Teresa Foote
“Mmm...food! This is a photo I snapped of a black & blue berry tart that I made one day. Fresh fruit from the farmer's market. Crust and lime curd from scratch. Taken with a Canon DSLR and natural light.”
photographer: Amy Green
“Peppers on a chopping board. While cooking fajitas, I noticed how colorful everything appeared to be and decided to photograph it on my Pentax k1000 film camera, with Kodak 400 color film.”
photographer: Amy Green
“This photograph shows a selection of comic-book inspired cupcakes I baked. It was taken with a Canon EOS 400D DSLR and a 50mm lens.”
photographer: Amy Green
“This photograph was taken with a Canon EOS 400D DSLR, and a 50mm lens. It is a close-up of chopped marshmallows as I was making rocky road.”
photographer: Brittini Rinehart
“Pumpkins photo I had taken when I went on a visit to the Dallas Arboretum with a friend I had known since we were in the third grade (we're now both 24).”
photographer: Hayley Rothweiler
“I took this while I was on a mission trip on Tijuana, Mexico. The people brought out these little trays of the most adorable pastries.”
photographer: Jenn Risden
“These are homemade Pumpkin Spice donuts, warm, crispy on the outside, melt-in-your-mouth on the inside!”
photographer: Stephanie Anderson
“This is a photograph of a shrimp/rice dish and margarita at Decero restaurant in Chicago. This was featured as the restaurant's image in the 2010 Eating and Drinking Awards presented by Time Out Chicago magazine.”
photographer: Elaine Marschik
“Salmon bagels and fresh beignets at Cafe Ventana, St. Louis.”
photographer: Stephanie Im
“Grass-fed Steak Tartare with raw egg, caperberries, chives, lavender sea salt, and toast (served at The Girl & The Fig, Sonoma, CA)”
photographer: Stephanie Im
“This photo was taken at Big Wong in the Chinatown of NYC. When I walk in and inhale the scent of freshly roasted duck, and hear the deadly chop of a flashing knife against a butchering block, I feel at home. When old ladies push towards the front of the take out line asking for the extra fatty, extra flavorful pieces of barbecue pork to take home, I feel happy in my heart. And when the waiters are brusque in their manner, but efficient in their service, I know that all is right in the world.”
photographer: Sara Armstrong
“yellow mustard. rye bread. montreal smoked meat.”
photographer: Jessica Smolinski
“It's so hard to pass by a "Hot n' Fresh" sign at my local Krispy Kreme!”
photographer: Diana Ramos
“Upon visiting my first traditional English pub I opted for traditional English cuisine. Had to capture the moment of my first proper fish n' chips with mint peas and my friend's bangers n' mash.”
photographer: Janelle Olson
“cupcakes!”
photographer: Janelle Olson
"berries in bowl"
photographer: Janelle Olson
"macaroons!"
photographer: Taylor Poulin
“This weird little guy is a cherimola fruit native to Colombia and Peru. I cannot describe the taste. It was something totally new to my American palate. It was soggy and bland, and if you ate close to it's core, you experienced an unpleasant bitter aftertaste. I was eating this fruit, sharing it with my boyfriend, on his grandmother's bed in Colombia. The afternoon light was shining perfectly through her bedroom window, and the silver spoon looked like it was painted in a Renaissance still life. I didn't end up finishing the fruit, but it was worth it for the photograph.”
photographer: Ali Donohue
“Film photograph of food from In-N-Out burger.”
photographer: Alicia Bradley
“Hot chocolate from a cafe in Paris- it was literally like drinking fondue and came in a pitcher.”
photographer: Pradeep Adussuriya
“children, food, collaboration, create.”
photographer: Nicole Worley
“Cute/yummy cupcake made by a friend!”
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Check out more photo contest runners-up in the following categories!
Music/Concert
Portrait
Street Fashion
Travel
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Kyle (about 1 year)
I love “A simple, graphic, black & white image of fresh eggs” by Catherine Hunsburger. The composition and contrast of the photo is excellent. Great pic!