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“Mystery” Photo Competition Winners

Emily Cleaverby Emily Cleaver
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Impossible architecture, spooky stories and fabulous fairytales in the winning photos in our “Mystery” themed photo competition.

It’s arguably the case that all great photographs contain mysteries; something hidden as well as what is revealed. We asked you to send us photos on the theme of our “Mystery” issue back in March, and these are our top 10 from the entries we received.  We picked Dorothee Lang’s My Stery as the winner because we loved the sense of depth in this image. It demands to be looked at, decoded, turned around like a puzzle box until we understand, but doesn’t quite give us the answer we want. There were also images which asked questions, told stories and hinted at a little magic. Have a look at our top 10 below.

Dorothee_Lang_my_stery
WINNER: My Stery by Dorothee Lang. Dorothee Lang is into roads, stories, places, crossings, and all the things they lead and connect to. She lives in Germany, edits BluePrintReview and blogs at life as a journey.
@samhowell0508_1
Untitled, by Sam Howell. inktopixels.co.uk
Laura_Hutton_Whidbey_Island
Whidbey Island: End of Dock by Laura Hutton. Laura is a writer and photographer from the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. Her poetry and photography have been featured in various literary magazines, including Cloudrag and Fragments. She currently lives and works in London.
Steffi_Pusch_Swimmer
Swimmer by Steffi Pusch. Steffi lives in East Sussex and works negative based with old fashioned film, toy and pinhole cameras. She tries to capture time itself through the use of natural light, blur and multiple exposures. This photograph was taken with a Holga single lens camera. www.steffipusch.com
Cr_Aafi_6
Untitled, by Cr Aafi
Rose_Hunter_elvis_presley
Elvis Presley by Rose Hunter. Rose is a writer who also likes taking pictures. She is the author of [four paths] (Texture Press 2012), and to the river (Artistically Declined Press 2010). She is from Australia and lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. She keeps a photo blog here.
Steffi_Pusch_castle
Castle by Steffi Pusch. Steffi lives in East Sussex and works negative based with old fashioned film, toy and pinhole cameras. She tries to capture time itself through the use of natural light, blur and multiple exposures. This photograph was taken with a Holga single lens camera. www.steffipusch.com
Laura_Hutton_Yestere'en_Mystery_Squad
Yestere’en Mystery Squad by Laura Hutton. Laura is a writer and photographer from the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. Her poetry and photography have been featured in various literary magazines, including Cloudrag and Fragments. She currently lives and works in London.
@ajdeho_Tate_Britain
Tate Britain by AJ Dehany, author of ahaikuaday.tumblr.com & tweeting as @ajdeho
Lewis_River_Trail_Laura_Hutton
Lewis River Trail by Laura Hutton. Laura is a writer and photographer from the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. Her poetry and photography have been featured in various literary magazines, including Cloudrag and Fragments. She currently lives and works in London.

Emily Cleaver

Emily Cleaver

Emily Cleaver is Litro's Online Editor. She is passionate about short stories and writes, reads and reviews them. Her own stories have been published in the London Lies anthology from Arachne Press, Paraxis, .Cent, The Mechanics’ Institute Review, One Eye Grey, and Smoke magazines, performed to audiences at Liars League, Stand Up Tragedy, WritLOUD, Tales of the Decongested and Spark London and broadcasted on Resonance FM and Pagan Radio. As a former manager of one of London’s oldest second-hand bookshops, she also blogs about old and obscure books. You can read her tiny true dramas about working in a secondhand bookshop at smallplays.com and see more of her writing at emilycleaver.net.

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