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My  Photoboxing entries for “Sugar City” :)

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Dallas’ Entries for “Sugar City”
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“For Sugar City, I was inspired by imagining a dystopian future for Candy Land, where a world isn’t all sweets and fun times anymore. While the styling of the shoot was pre-planned, including buying props, dyeing clothes, and styling my model, I let the narrative grow organically once we were on location and had to work around the weather and light.”

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Match #005: Sugar City.

One vote per person. Voting closes Tuesday, 12 noon Hawaii Time. The winner will be announced Tuesday evening.

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Photo by our friend Kaveh Kardan

I interviewed our current winner Dallas Nagata White about “Sugar City”.

What made you come up with “Sugar City” as the theme?

I was inspired to think of the theme “Sugar City” because I wanted to take the idea of “Candyland” in a new, possibly more mature direction. There are definitely all kinds of ways to interpret the “sugar” part, and adding an urban twist could give it a little edge.

What can we expect from you for this challenge?

Right now I’ve got saccharine neon colors on my mind, which is perfect for the current fashion throwbacks to the bright kaleidoscopes of the 70s and 90s!

What do you think your opponent John Hook will do?

I’m not sure what my opponent, John Hook, will do, but I’m expecting to be blown out of the water by his quirky brand of genius!

Who or what inspires you creatively?

Currently, photographer Guy Aroch is one of my biggest creative inspirations for the way his work conveys effortless, spontaneous captures.

And since the topic is Sugar City, what is your favorite candy?

My favorite candy to eat is fine dark chocolate raspberry truffles…but it’s not that visually stimulating to me, so I doubt I’ll be using it as inspiration for this project. Maybe it will be my reward for when I’m done! :)  

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Jon Lewis has thrown in the towel, so the winner of this challenge (and current champion) is Dallas Nagata White. 

Click on the photos to view her entries larger. They’re pretty spectacular.

“With the topic of “Good vs. Evil”, I wanted to explore my ideas about inner-conflict and each person’s different struggles with themselves. For myself, I am unable to accept that there is absolute good or evil in any individual, and am fascinated by the balance between them, which I believe helps determine one’s character.  It’s all about perspective. Do you choose to live your life one way or another, or let yourself free-fall into the void without direction or a moral compass?  Does indulgence make one’s life richer and more fulfilled, or does it leave you tainted and worn? Is love the epitome of goodness, or is it purity in emotion and life? Or, is that same purity the absence of love, and thus evil? There are no absolute answers, just the ongoing internal duality that is human nature.”

Congratulations, Dallas! Now time to pick you opponent and topic!

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While the photoboxers are working on their entries, let’s take a look at the latest opponent: Dallas Nagata White.

She is billed as an everything photographer because she can shoot everything and anything. From high fashion to live events and even some cute couple shoots, her style is diverse and talent strong BUT does she have the skills to pull off a conceptually strong shoot from scratch? 

We’ll see as she competes in Match #004 against Jon Lewis!