Originating in 1975, Paducah Photo has grown from a fledgling contest to the Mid-South's most prestigious annual photographic event.

This year's juror is Michael Johnson is a Professor of Art at Murray State University and Director of "Magic Silver", one of the largest international juried photography exhibitions. Johnson has been teaching photography at MSU for 37 years.

The Paducah Photo '10 Exhibition will be held at the Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway and will run from June 19 through July 24.

My contribution:

More information on: http://www.theyeiser.org/

Two more portraits of the price winning photograph:

1st price in photo competition by UNICEF Netherlands:

Let me take the chance to compensate the visitors of the blog that where missing postings last weeks. Today another slide show!

As promised yesterday, after a longer period of absence, a new slide show!

I do have my difficulties to choose photo's from Cuba for the Blog, today a streetshot and... Tomorrow a slideshow with Streets of Cuba! (Promised!!)

quite strange, is't it?

After years of maintenance quite a lot of things still are working in Cuba, Trains however today are not a good way to travel; they either are delayed or canceled. We tried to book a ticket but everybody told us to take the bus.. I took this photograph and we went for a bus to leave La Habana.