 By Glen Chua Glen Chua's photograph of a street scene in Guwahati, India, won him first prize in the Walrus Foundation's travel photography contest. |
Chua's picture of a man riding a bicycle in Guwahati, India, won the Walrus Foundation's travel photography contest. It has been published in the January/February issue of The Walrus magazine, which went on sale this week.
For his efforts, Chua won 100,000 Aeroplan miles and will be a special guest at the foundation's annual gala in Toronto in January.
Chua is a University of Toronto student.
More than 3,500 images were entered in the contest, from which the judges‚ The Walrus art director Brian Morgan and world-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky‚ selected a short list of 10 images. Chua's image was chosen as the winner from the short list by a large-scale public vote at www.walrusmagazine.com/aeroplan.
"It was hard to pick our 10 shortlisted photos, but we immediately liked this image," said Burtynsky. "It has great depth and structure. It's very painterly."
Chua snapped the photo while stuck in a taxi cab during a traffic jam.
"This photo is poetic, well-crafted and packed with cinematic narrative details," said Morgan.
"Glen has brought back a grounded and honest image of India that makes you want to drop everything and travel there," Morgan said.
The January/February double winter issue of The Walrus is on newsstands now.
The winner and nine runners-up are showcased online in a custom-built gallery at www.walrusmagazine.com/aeroplan.
The Walrus Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to supporting Canadian writers, artists, readers, education, ideas and debate.
