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Cover, Letter from the Editor
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
What inspires your photographic journey? The following pages contain individual profiles of each winner of the Fall 2018 edition of Emerging Photographer. Through our interviews with them, we get a deeper sense of what fuels their artistic endeavors: a desire to push creative limits; a sense of urgency to raise awareness about a subject that, for them, hits close to home; the ability to document an excursion from their own perspective; or the urge to use the camera as an outlet to express strong feelings toward a certain subject, conversation or event.
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Stylistically it'd be hard to find a running theme between all the winners. Visually, their work is all unique—from Ruairidh McGlynn's vast landscapes to Kelli Pennington's reflective documentary story to Madeline Tolle's authentic focus on fashion—but the common thread that ties these artists together is their potential. As a submission-based contest for photographers with less than five years of professional experience, Emerging features winners who were identified by our judges as rising talents in our industry. Their individual styles and subject matter may differ, but each photographer is undoubtedly driven by something uniquely personal to them, and they've used that motivation to create a powerful body of work.
These imagemakers now join photographers previously chosen for Emerging, many of whom have gone on to have propserous and renowned careers in the industry. The work presented on the following pages will also be added to the digital archive of Emerging honorees, which you can access at pdnonline.com/emerging-photographer.
—Stacey Goldberg
THANK YOU!
Photographers in this issue will receive a Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III camera, a Canon PIXMA PRO-10 printer, and a $100 B&H Photo gift card.
Part of Mexican photographer Maria Garcia Leon Paez Garcia's series "Dysphoria," (pg. 20) which was inspired by conversations with an old friend you had transitioned from male to female.
Photo © Maria Gabriela Leon Paez Garcia
