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If Yumiko's boudoir-styled Daikon in Repose looks familiar, that's because it received an Honorable Mention in the Open category of the 2021 Annual Competition, and was on display at the PACC exhibit at the Wheelhouse this fall.  About her sexy radish, Yumiko says:  I have always been drawn to the wonderful nature forms around me — especially those of vegetables and fruits.  I came across this Daikon Radish at a local farmers’ market.  Perfectly in repose.  I shot this image in natural early morning light before sunrise.  Unique forms in the nature have always attracted my attention.

Since the Nude Geographies exhibit will share the Praxis gallery space with the Motion>Blur exhibit, Yumiko will have two images on display at Praxis in December.

Yumiko Ready: Daikon in Repose

Ken's Sweet Dream received an Honorable Mention in the Creative category of the July 2022 Monthly Digital Competition.  Ken says: Sweet Dream is from a series of images of a corkscrew willow tree in my backyard.  I used long exposures, camera motion, and serendipity to create figures, in this case of a reclining, perhaps sleeping, human torso with overlaid facial elements. I was very amused to find out that Yumiko's and my entries were the only images accepted that weren't actual nudes.

Ken Fowkes: Sweet Dream