Interior photography contest winners

Well, a week ago I organized a contest with some guidance from the great photographer William Eggleston, with the theme being interior photography. You can find the original post here.

Unfortunately, the low reach of the contest translated into few entries. And even fewer in accord with the theme proposed given the context.

So my task was quite easy in picking the winners.

1st Place

_{I have 2 entries here, I like them both, in the same way, so I just cannot pick just one.
I am a sucker for earthy colors and for the seemingly chaotic composition taken under the shade of interiors.}

The first image depicts a strange cozy atmosphere, augmented by the "ingenious Ikea lighting" :). It also emits a sentiment of intimacy and warmth. The second one is colder. I loved the steel bars unveiled by the shattered concrete and the mirrors with their beautiful frames. I also enjoyed the angle chosen, with the two table stands? forming an angle pointing to the hole in the wall.

So, anyway, as I don't have 5 SBD for each, I will supplement the prize pool with 2 SBD to give a 3,5 SBD to each 1st place photograph. Sorry. :(

2nd Place

_{I loved the way light squeezed thru the side and bottom of the door, projecting like a tridimensional scale of things.}

3rd Place

_{The simple, creamy beauty of these flowers ( they seem plastic? ) entwined in that trail of smoke makes this photograph a perfect candidate for everyday beauty found in our hidden interior corners.}

Unfortunately, I would love to organize more of these contests, as I am a big fan of this "New Landscape" type of photography, but the truth is, in the current Steemit geometry, is it unappealing to most of the folks here. And, by all means, they find it...boring. Which, to some extent, it is. People are looking for fast, grandiose, universal beauty. They don't have time to go deeper. Time or...whatever. You get the point.

So, until I grow, or I amass a critical volume of people that dig this kind of photography, I will put this project on hold. :)

Thanks a lot to you guys who posted in this hashtag. Congrats to winners! Keep looking for strange beauty.

Catalin