Juror: Wendi Schneider

Milkweed II  © Deb Ehrens

Much as we might try to deny it, the essence of existence is change. Photography from the beginning has often been called a means of stopping time, a way of preserving a fleeting glimpse of existence in material form. Whether the photographic representation of a temporal moment is a rendering of reality is another question - one that's become a topic of considerable controversy now that it's possible to alter a photo to present an "unreal reality". But for the purposes of this exhibition we're looked for images depicting or representing a specific instant

For Metamorphosis we invited submission of photographs that address the transient, the ephemeral, and the transition from one stage of being to another.  Sometimes it's possible to illustrate two states of existence in the same image,. In most cases, however, change or transition can be represented by a single image: think of photos of a Bar Mitzvah, the birth of a child, the demolition of an iconic building, the erosion of a hillside and its converse, the volcanic eruption. or the poignant little life and death dramas that take place in our yards and gardens every day. It's also quite possible to suggest change and transition less literally, through the abstract or surreal image, and we encouraged entrants to explore those possibilities as well.

Juror's Statement:

Milkweed II Juror's Choice Deb Ehrens South Dartmouth, MA USA	Self-portrait as Bather of Valpincon Honorable Mention Rheana Gardner CEDAR CITY, UT USA	Disrupted Chaos People's Choice Rebecca Womble Carpenter Frederick, MD USA
Leaves Turn Alexandria Donovan Westport, Connecticut USA	Artifact III Allison Roberts Madison, WI USA	Reflection, scene #01 Andreas Kuehn East Sandwich, MA USA
In the mist Anna Pepe Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom	Rebel Barbara Curcio West Islip, New York USA	Ice Diamond Blue Wall Barrack Evans Dorset, VT USA
Creekside 2011, 2016 Benjamin Dimmitt Fairview, NC USA	Untitled Candice Inc Chicago, Illinois USA	The Peony's Party Carol Wontkowski Attleboro, MA USA
Both Sides Now Catherine Fairchild Houston, Texas USA	Ophelia, after Cynthia August Ipswich, MA USA	Nature Moves In Dascha Esselius Stockholm, Sweden
Turning Debra Van Swearingen Norman, Oklahoma USA	Dust Bowl Blues Debra Van Swearingen Norman, Oklahoma USA	Looking Out DIANE MICHAUD LOWRY AMES, Iowa USA
natural transformation Evelin Juen Imst, Tirol austria	Acrylic Reaction 4 Jana Styblova Portland, Oregon United States	The Passage Jennifer Glassman Bell Canyon, CA USA
In The Stars Jenny Helbraun Abramson Sebastopol, CA United States	Florence_2016 Joel Plotch New York, New York USA	Sea Into Sky Julie O'Connor Weston, CT USA
Smoke Kanat Akar Baltimore, Maryland United States	One Night I Dreamed...Creation Karla Bernstein Newtown, CT United States	One Night I Dreamed...Escape Karla Bernstein Newtown, CT United States
Dissolution Kathryn Reichert Fairbanks, Alaska USA	Emerge Kathryn Sarken Watertown, MA USA	A Winter Sequence, 12 Lawrence Russ Southport, CT USA
Reaching Leslie Jean-Bart New York, NY USA	The twins Maria Åkerblom Järvsö, Sweden	Singapore in Transition Mark Melnick Palm Desert, CA USA
Preborn Mark Sadan Burlington, VT USA	Untitled Matt LaPierre Gorham, Maine USA	Ablation Meredith Howe Jones Pelham, MA United States
The Ramp to the Salish Sea Michael Elenko Vashon Island, WA USA	Changing of the Guard Mildred Alpern New York, New York USA	Deniz Nadide Goksun Scarsdale, New York United States
Lost Peggy Reynolds Essex Jct., VT USA	Peal of Wall Philip DUTCH Bagley ELKINS PARK, PA United States	Queen Anne's Lace - Daucus carota Philip Hopper Brooklyn, NY United States
Untitled Rheana Gardner CEDAR CITY, UT USA	Detritus Rich Vogel Andover, MA USA	Keys Richard K. Kent Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA
Offering House, Hengyang China Robert Gilbert Edinburg, TX USA	Shade Dancer Robert S Johnson NY, NY USA	Wounded butterfly, Series "Big bang in my hand" Sandrine Aim LONDON, london England
Palace under the Sea Sangmin Yoon Uijeongbu-si, Gyenggi-do South Korea	Exploration of A Barren Land, Iceland, 2017 Stephanie Paine Lafayette, LA United States	Jesse Steven McBride Weaverville, NC United States
Tulip Susanna Patras Reno, NV USA	Self Portrait Taylor Mathues Lebanon, NJ USA	Ice Moon, from the series, Floating Blue Thomas Pickarski New York, New York USA
Boulder in the Woods Tom duffy bloomington, in USA