A colorful tobacco farm and drying barn – This idyllic image is not representative of the hard physical labor required to operate a tobacco farm – shot from Mirador Las Jazmines – Viñales, Cuba by Howard Axelrod, Special Mention in the 12th Havana Times Photo Contest.

By Circles Robinson

HAVANA TIMES – The judging of our 15th Photo Contest is underway. We started with 328 pictures from 39 participants and 150 photos from 31 photographers made the first cut in the six categories.  To reach the second round of selection, a photo needed to ber selected by at least four judges in round one.

The jury this year is made up of 12 judges residing in four countries. Most of the jurors have taken part in judging all, or nearly all, of the previous 14 contests.

During the second round the selection jury members will select a maximum of seven (7) photos in each category. In all there will be three rounds of judging, with a tie breaker if necessary. 

Prizes: The winners of each category will receive a prize of US $100.

Here are the First Cut Survivors:

Note: since there are a lot of photos it will take a couple minutes for all to be visible.

COLORS

FOOD

COMPANY

MOVEMENT

RESISTANCE

TRANSPORTATION

We will publish the second round survivors by November 15th here on Havana Times

See the winning photos from previous years:

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