A New Winner for the Creative Light and Shadow Contest

Oops! After a little confusion, we’re happy to announce the final winner of our mission with The Phoblographer. By Chris Gampat.

By Chris Gampat of The Phoblographer
Original Article available here.

Dearest Readers and Contestants of the Creative Light and Shadow Contest,

If you aren’t aware, we recently collaborated with EyeEm for a contest where the winner would receive a brand new Canon 6D. Originally we named Gustavo D a 17 year old photographer from Arizona as the winner. Unfortunately, after some extra research, EyeEm discovered that the image was plagiarized and so Gustavo and a couple of others named as runners up have been disqualified. the original image belongs to photographer Dave Krugman, who’ve actually interviewed on the site before.

There was a miscommunication in the way that the contest was judged. Last year when I was a judge for the EyeEm awards, they shortlisted contestants for me. I wasn’t expecting that to happen this time around and so with the way I’ve judged every contest, I sorted through all 43,000+ images. After I made the announcement, EyeEm found the error.

For that, I take full and personal responsibility and ask for your forgiveness on the matter. Mistakes happen. It was an honest mistake, but nor the Phoblographer or EyeEm condone plagiarization in this industry.

I’m sorry. We’re sorry. But with all of that said, and done, we have a new winner and new additions to our shortlist.

Winner

Congrats to Patrick Andrews

You are the winner of a brand new Canon 6D in the EyeEm and Phoblographer Creative Light and Shadow Contest. Please email us at editors@ThePhoblographer.com to claim your prize.

Premium

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Patrick Andrews

Runners Up

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Garry

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Niels Füssel

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Paul Merki

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Olivier Ronot

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Juan María Rivero Jiménez

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softwing 柔翼翩翩

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Risna Okvitasari

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Jason Flansberry

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Carl Doutre

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Dan

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Hamraj Kumar

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Margot

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Sagun

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Mark Lorincz

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Max

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Michael Färber Photography

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Lorenzo Carulli

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Jay Ybarra

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Loi Lee

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Baptiste Chabot

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Ravin Narvaza ®

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Martin Valentin Fuchs

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Johanna

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Bertrand Taoussi

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Lauren Marek

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Brittany Solem

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Andrew Mo

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Emanuele Perucca-Orfei

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Katrin Böge

Thanks Chris! Well done to everyone who took part. If you’d like to see your photo in an EyeEm Image Collection, check out our Missions tab in the app. If you have any questions or queries, please get in touch. You can contact us through Facebook, Twitter or EyeEm – we’re always happy to hear from you!

Header Image by Michael Färber Photography