WINNERS

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  • Photographer
    Garrett Hansen, United States
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

Roughly 40% of US households have a gun and there are enough guns - approximately 300 million - to arm every man, woman, and child in the country. These images are created from either individual bullet holes or bullets collected after impact. While shooting is fundamentally a destructive act, by bringing these holes and bullets into the darkroom, enlarging them and then processing and printing the results, I am able to balance this destruction with creation. The viewer is presented with something that speaks to the sublime – they are both attractive and terrifying at the same time.