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AASHTO's Annual Photo Competition Now Open to General Public
« on: April 18, 2012, 10:55:20 AM »

AASHTO's annual photo contest is open to public for first time and includes $$$ to winners. A lot of great photos are posted on this Forum.  I can just imagine the creative ideas that would be exchanged over beers at a road meet (just please don't try to find a "face" in one of those North Dakota bottles)...
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Re: AASHTO's Annual Photo Competition Now Open to General Public
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2012, 11:07:10 AM »

(just please don't try to find a "face" in one of those North Dakota bottles)...

www.fecesoftransportation.org ??
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Re: AASHTO's Annual Photo Competition Now Open to General Public
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2012, 10:31:48 PM »

AASHTO's annual photo contest is open to public for first time and includes $$$ to winners. A lot of great photos are posted on this Forum.  I can just imagine the creative ideas that would be exchanged over beers at a road meet (just please don't try to find a "face" in one of those North Dakota bottles)...
So they're looking for roadgeek meet photos and not our run-of-the-mill photos of signs and roads.
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Re: AASHTO's Annual Photo Competition Now Open to General Public
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2012, 10:42:34 PM »

So they're looking for roadgeek meet photos and not our run-of-the-mill photos of signs and roads.

http://facesoftransportation.org/contest-guidelines-and-rules/
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Re: AASHTO's Annual Photo Competition Now Open to General Public
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2012, 11:13:33 PM »

They don't seem to describe what they're looking for anywhere. (Presumably it's the people that deal with transportation.)
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Re: AASHTO's Annual Photo Competition Now Open to General Public
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2012, 12:07:15 AM »

Their rules add nothing. Do I have to submit a model release if I'm the model?
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Re: AASHTO's Annual Photo Competition Now Open to General Public
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2012, 12:39:28 AM »

Since when is a parental permission cutoff at 21?
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Re: AASHTO's Annual Photo Competition Now Open to General Public
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2012, 01:36:49 PM »

They don't seem to describe what they're looking for anywhere. (Presumably it's the people that deal with transportation.)
AASHTO's annual photo contest is open to public for first time and includes $$$ to winners.

The best description I could find from above link is as follows:

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The theme of this year’s competition is “Framing the Benefits of Transportation.” Digital photographs will be accepted in three categories: “Building the Future,” “On the Road,” and “Taking a Ride.” Each photo should include faces of people and represent the positive effects of transportation on individuals and/or communities. Examples might include innovation and creativity in the built environment; an inspiring journey taken on America’s roads and byways; a new bridge that is making commuting times shorter; an interesting way to work, school, or simply running errands; or a repaving of a rural road that employed members of the community.

Looks like the only requirement is to have a face in the photo.  If I had the time, I'd think about going to Missouri, find an I-49 shield turned away from the road, and do a self-portrait opening a bottle of champagne with the Future I-49 in the background.  :clap:
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