honorable mention
Terri Gold
title
The Mermaid Parade in Coney Island
“My earliest memories are of spinning a globe, always drawn to the last mysterious corners of the world. I am interested in the different ways in which people find meaning in their lives, how an individual explores his or her existence through their traditions. I am looking for the grace notes, for the sense of wonder in our world. I love the still quality of a photograph that captures a fleeting moment in time. We are still and still moving.
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entry description
I have been photographing the Mermaid Parade for 20 years and it never disappoints.The Parade celebrates the sand, the sea, the salt air and the beginning of summer, as well as the history and myths of Coney Island. In hand-made costumes as Mermaids, Neptunes and various sea creatures, everyone promenades, sashays and struts riotously down Surf Avenue . It’s an all inclusive affair with participants from infants to octogenarians. It's part-fantasy, part-escapism, but all real. The festival is a celebration of the imagination, combining all the oddities and all the joys of artistic self-expression.about the photographer
Claiming the title of “visual anthropologist,” photographer Terri Gold is celebrated for her poetic infrared imagery of people from the remote corners of the world; places where the traditions of different millennia co-exist side by side. Her ongoing body of work, “Still Points in a Turning World,” explores our universal cross-cultural truths; the importance of family, community, ritual and the amazing diversity of its expression.“My earliest memories are of spinning a globe, always drawn to the last mysterious corners of the world. I am interested in the different ways in which people find meaning in their lives, how an individual explores his or her existence through their traditions. I am looking for the grace notes, for the sense of wonder in our world. I love the still quality of a photograph that captures a fleeting moment in time. We are still and still moving.
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