2016 Flash Waterloo Region

The second instalment of FlashWR was this past weekend. I had a previous engagement that I had to be at so I was unfortunately unable to attend. Kind of a bummer, but that’s what happens when you double-book yourself. I remember last year having a blast at the event so it was tough knowing I couldn’t be there.

Anyhow, the format this year was slightly different. Photographers were allowed to submit up to three photos instead of just one. Each of those photos were eligible to be selected by the jury. In total there were approximately 400 images submitted, of which 50 were selected to be projected on the big screen.

I was pretty humbled that two of the three images I submitted were accepted. My selected photos were of an underpass as well as the façade of an office building, both here in town.

Like last year, there were three featured photographers. This year’s trio included Sean Puckett, Alioscia Hamma, and Stan Rosenthal. Sadly, Stan passed away shortly after being selected. I’ve been fortunate to meet all three of these photographers so it was nice to see more of their work and hear them speak about their craft. Big thanks to Gordon Hatt for uploading the videos to YouTube after the show.

The headliner this year was Camille Seaman, a native american photographer and TED fellow who has become famous for her portraits of melting icebergs in the Earth’s polar regions. From my friends that attended, they all came away rather inspired after hearing Camille speak. Luckily I was able to get my copy of her book, ”Melting Away”, signed by her (thanks, Mike!).

Flash appeared to be another roaring success this year; I have to make sure I make it a priority next year.