Advertising Hoardings

Brilliantly observed and captured. Again, this image fits the brief perfectly: printed advertising hoardings in their environment with the added sauce of visual humour. This shot really has it covered perfectly - just like the stallion and the sports bike. I have nothing else to add ... the image says it all .... A very worthy Second Place ... Many congratulations and thanks for the entry. It really brightened my day ...

I really liked the graphic simplicity of this shot. It is right on brief and, again, the photographer has captured the decisive moment of the pedestrian pointing the way ... maybe pointing towards the new homes advertised on the hoarding. That works for me and makes the image complete. In this image the people passing by the hoarding have some visual meaning or suggested interaction with the advertisement and that supplies a narrative. Of course that's pure chance but, as photographers, we have to try to see the moment and seize those hundredths of a second when shots like this became possible. Very well observed and brilliantly captured ... Thank you.

I loved this image. It fitted the brief perfectly and I have to admit that it would have been a firm contender for one of my Top Five choices in this contest if only ... if only ... the image had been straightened and then followed with a few more editing clicks to easily correct the camera distortion on the verticals .... I have made the same simple errors in the past and was delighted when they were pointed out to me so I hope this is taken as a postive criticism because I think everything else in the composition is spot on ... Well done.

Another gritty and candid 'street shot' that fits the brief and knits together as a visual whole. Again, the implied narrative raises more questions than it answers but the ambiguity of the relationship or lack of relationship between the two figures ties in really well with the eye of 'Big Brother watching from the advertising hoarding. Even if there is no story here, would 'Big Brother' find one? ... A decisive moment perfectly captured with great shot selection and colour treatment. Another well deserved place in my Top Ten. Congratulations!

Another gritty street photograph of a rough sleeper camped out in front of a hoarding erected by the City Council. The contradiction between the positive political aspiration expressed in the poster and the plight of the homeless person speaks for itself. A well deserved Top Ten placing for this well observed and striking social commentary. Excellent photojournalism. Well done ...

Another well observed and nicely captured moment. There is linkage and visual interaction here between the denim-clad seated figures and the leaping suited fashionista on the hoarding. The three figures also create a pleasing triangle of composition that draws the image together and provides a well defined point of focus. Nothing showy here. Simply seen and understated allowing the image to speak for itself. Nice work and congatulations on making my Top Ten selection.

I was really taken by the gritty treatment of this image which gives it an added dimension... maybe the added 'feel' of an historic documentary record which sparks surreal memories for me of images taken in other places and in other darker times ... only the letter box grounds this image in its environment and brings us back to the UK. In this instance, the passer-by also adds visual weight to the image. The figure has graphic purpose and the composition would not work so well without her. Of course the intent of the advrertiser is satirical but the treatment of the overall composition makes it so much more. A striking and resonant image. Thank you ... A very worthy Third Place.

This image fits the brief perfectly and I really love the way all of the elements work together and engage the viewer in a 'circular reading' of the photograph that make the visual whole greater than the sum of its parts. The dominant 'Zen' links with the ambiguous meditative or disconsolate figure in the street art who, in turn. seems to look down on the hoarding 'where your accent is an aphrodisiac' which may or may not be the reason for the disconsolate figure ... Great shot selection and neatly observed. A worthy addition to my Top Ten ... Thank you.

Another very well timed shot ... pun intended. I really like the moody treatment of this image and the ambiguous or uncertain environment of the hoarding suggested by the slumped driver in the tuk-tuk. The striding figure ... also anonymous and shadowy ... checks the time on his watch - maybe unconsciously prompted by the watch on the advertising hoarding. Again there is an anecdotal narrative here that makes the image work and that's why this timely capture caught my eye and why it earns its place in my Top Ten selection. Thank you for your entry.

Another shot with a difference but an image that still meets the brief of an advertising hoarding in its environment but, this time with an eye-catching twist ... The hoarding and the world outside is revealed by the hand drawing back the curtain as if the photographer is sharing something that we might not normally see or maybe even something that we are not supposed to see. We can all 'read' the image differently but that's the whole point. The image offers us the suggestion of a narrative. How we interpret the image is up to us ... and that's why this image both intrigues and engages me and takes the well deserved #4 slot in this contest. Well done ...