Challenge #9: The Power of Three

Our lives are riddled with numbers, so much so that scientists, artists and other such scoundrels have always suspected that there must be an underlying rule to the numerics of reality. Among the most meaningful numbers that are said to be secretly ruling our lives is the number three. It is everywhere, no matter where you turn you will find it. Three bears, three stooges, three musketeers, three friendly foto challengers, the rule of thirds (for all you photographers out there), three little pigs, three times a lady... The list goes on and on. And because the number three is so very important - and maybe because nobody came up with a better idea - we chose it as the theme for our latest competition.

Simone

The Winning Picture: Anna

Challenge #4: Symmetry

Symmetry has two meanings. The first is a vague sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. The second is an exact mathematical "patterned self-similarity" that can be demonstrated with the rules of a formal system, such as geometry or physics. Why choose it for this challenge? The order, the form and the repetition.

Tommy

Winner

Challenge #2: Edwin Smith

Edwin Smith was a British photographer best known for pictures that supposedly helped define what we imagine as 'Britishness'. He captured English gardens, landscapes and architecture with "a remarkable, almost sensuous feeling for surfaces and textures". I chose him as the FFC topic so we would look at other photographers' works and could try and discover our surroundings in a similar way; in black and white that is, with strong contrasts, yet mellow and poetic. Never mind the Britishness...

Anna

Winner