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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 2011)
M 24 •photocontest’ JUNE 17, 2011 Sure Shots Announcing the winners of Just Out s 2011 Pride Amateur Photo Contest It’s that time of year again— time to dust off the cameras o f all shapes, sizes, formats and pixels and show us what you’ve got. The following picture-perfect pages are yours. If by chance your masterpiece isn’t among the images here, rest assured that your effort And whoa, nelly, you’ve got a lot. is by no means unappreciated— and won’t go unrecognized.Through Entries for Just Out's 2011 Pride Amateur Photo Contest poured out the month o f July, each and every contest entry will be on display in, o f pets and places, queens and queers, the audacious and the just during our annual show at Q_Center. Stay tuned for details on an plain odd. You posed, you paraded, you pondered just what to put closing artists reception, as o f press time set for July 28. before your lens, you pushed— that button and, in some cases, it ap pears yourself. You’re all winners, and we thank you for participating. See you at Pride— and see you back here July 1, when we’ll bring you a photo And we pored over every last one o f them, hundreds o f them, se lecting the tops in a handful of categories, individual staff picks and a special honorable mention or two. (And yes, a few folks’ names finish o f sorts for this year’s festival and parade, recaps of the various citywide celebrations, and much more. Happy Pride, people. came up more than once—without our prior knowledge, o f course.) ? -* • m BY ATOM ION ‘Twas a dreary spring day and I was try ing to get an amazing shot o f Torin. It any chairs wasn’t happening. ... O u t o f nowhere the when purchased with any dining table sun shot through the bathroom window and showered him with pearlescent light. All I had to do was be there to capture the m om ent.... Pure magical bliss! W inner “Rainbows, iy c p u M o # “ Bliss” Sale on now Through June 30th 5 - j t Aepuns ------- 7 W inner “Getting Graphic” LJbhip.com “ My Friend at the E-Room Before It Changed Its Vibe, 2010” BY ALYSIA ANGEL This picture is from when I first moved to Portland. My friend Kaki wanted to intro duce me to the owners of the E-Room in hopes of helping me obtain a deejay gig. As she was knocking on the door, I noticed the t£ S Z /w u < £ 8 i fit" — A manda S churr awesome juxtaposition of her butch stance and the chalk-scrawled sentiment on the sidewalk. It was only a natural next step to ask her to freeze in [the] spot so I could snap a photo.
