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Santa Fe Creative Tourism Announces the Landscape Dreams Photo Contest Enter starting October 1st at www.newmexicophotocontest.com Santa Fe, N.M. — Have you ever had a dream about an enchanted place? Prestige and prizes await photographers entering the Landscape Dreams Photo Contest, co-sponsored by Santa Fe Creative Tourism, the University of New Mexico Press, and the Eloquent Light Photography Workshops. We invite you to celebrate with your photographs the launch of award-winning photographer Craig Varjabedian’s new book Landscape Dreams, A New Mexico Portrait (University of New Mexico Press, 2012). Submit your photos of the places, portraits and New Mexico moments that make our enchanted land worth exploring. Have your friends vote for your pictures online. Pictures with the most votes will share prizes worth over $8000. There is no cost to enter! To help commemorate DIY Santa Fe in March 2013, the grand prizewinner will win a weekend photography workshop at the Eloquent Light Photography Workshops in Santa Fe and 4 nights lodging at Two Casitas Vacation Rentals. Finalists will be selected from the entries that receive the most votes and comply with all contest rules. The grand prizewinner will be the entrant who receives the most votes! Additional prizes include copies of the book Landscape Dreams, A New Mexico Portrait courtesy of the University of New Mexico Press, tripods courtesy of Manfrotto, a predesigned website courtesy of liveBooks, software courtesy of Alien Skin Software and camera backpacks courtesy of Lowepro. Contest runs from October 1, 2012, through November 30, 2012. Upload your photographs early and encourage your friends to vote for your images. The more votes you have the better your chances to win! Winners will be announced December 17, 2012. All winning images will be featured on the Santa Fe Creative Tourism website. About the sponsors: About Santa Fe Creative Tourism Santa Fe Creative Tourism is a program of the city of Santa Fe that works with artists and arts businesses to develop and promote workshops that allow visitors to experience Santa Fe’s unique culture in a hands-on fashion. Partnerships and collaborations with the hospitality industry and other entities are welcomed. The program was created as a result
of the city of Santa Fe’s 2005 appointment to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and builds upon the successful 2008 Intern National Conference on Creative Tourism held in Santa Fe. www.santafecreativetourism.org About the University of New Mexico Press The University of New Mexico Press publishes high-quality distinctive books on the history and culture of New Mexico and the Southwest. The Press publishes books in the fields of photography, anthropology, Latin America, art, Chicano studies, and literature. www.unmpress.com About the Eloquent Light Photography Workshops Eloquent Light Photography Workshops has offered hands-on photography workshops inspired by the history, character and beauty of the American West since 1986. Participants are out photographing every day to capture the light, color and beauty that is the American West. Our workshops are for the novice to the experienced photographer, for anyone who wants to make great photographs while exploring the enchanted lands of New Mexico and the West. www.eloquentlight.com
### The complete contest website will be live starting October 1, 2012. For image files or inquires, please contact: Cindy Lane (505) 983-2934 or cindylane@eloquentlight.com Eloquent Light Photography Workshops, LLC. 903 W. Alameda St., No. 115, Santa Fe, NM 87501