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Live From FISE !

I'm in Montpellier in France on the International  Extreme Sports Festival. I've take some pictures on my pikeo page : www.pikeo.com/pikeogirl

If you want to participate, just had your sports pictures on the group SPORT PHOTO COMPETITION

Enjoy !

New Photo Competition : SPORTS !!!

I know you were just waiting for a new contest... here it comes !!! The Sport Photo Competition !!

For the Internal Extreme Sports Festival (FISE) being held in Montpellier in France from April 30th to May 4th, Pikeo and the FISE are announcing an action-packed photo competition.

You have until May 20th to participate!

This time, we created categories and special prize for each one... let's see with pictures !

Extreme sports prize : The 100% sports trip of your choice

jmfavre

Team Spirit prize : a camcorder

calvin

Humoristic prize : a water resistant digital camera

gillou

The Pikeo Sports photo competition is open to all. To take part:

1. Sign up on Pikeo
2. Once you're registered, join the SPORT PHOTO COMPETITION group by clicking on > groups > SPORT PHOTO COMPETITION > participate in this group
3. Import your photos into your Pikeo account:
   - Click on download
   - Select your photos
   - Choose the "public" access right
   - Add tags (optional)
   - Upload
4. Then, in the "my photos" section, select the photo(s) you want to publish.. Click on the 'add a group' function. And add your photo(s) to the group SPORT PHOTO COMPETITION

Thanks to our 3 users for those pictures... You should participate ! Good Luck all !!

more details

The group SPORT PHOTO COMPETITION

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interview with the winner

The big winner of our competition is 24-year old Pierre-Elie de Pibrac, for his portrait of Burmese children. He wins a trip for two to Greece. To learn a bit more about him, read the interview below.

Congratulations! How did you react when the results were announced?

I admit that it was quite a surprise! I couldn’t believe it. I was in seventh heaven. Plus, being chosen by Yann Arthus-Bertrand himself, what an honour! For me, he’s a reference in the field of photography, so you can just imagine how proud I was! Tell us a bit more about the photo… I went backpacking for a month with two friends in Burma. On the road from Inle Lake, we went past a school and went in with our guide. Children were running all around us. I shot the picture from inside a classroom. I opened the shutter. They were there, laughing their heads off, fascinated by my lens. I pressed on the release without even thinking, on the spur of the moment.

What story does this photo tell?

For me, it suggests the children’s joy and carefree spirit. There’s nothing more genuine than a child; with kids, you can’t cheat. Despite the extreme poverty and repression that reigns in Burma, they’re living their childhood to the full and are eager to learn from others. When we showed them the pictures in the camera, they were really interested and thought they were very amusing. It’s a very moving memory.

What kind of camera did you use?

A Nikon D70 S digital reflex (6 megapixels) with a 35-mm lens. I’ve also got an old SLR camera – a Holga that I’m still really fond of.

Why in black and white?

Maybe I feel a little nostalgia for the photos my grandfather used to take. It seems to me that black and white captures people’s expressions better. The subject catches the eye. It’s as if the emotion of the photo reaches out and grabs you. Black and white conveys a perfectly simple truth, a feeling. With colour, you tend to lose the subject…

Tell us a little about yourself. What’s your relationship with photography?

I was raised by a photographer grandfather (Paul de Cordon), so I’ve always been immersed in that universe. But it really became a passion four years ago, when I did my first story during a stay in New York. Then I did some more with magazines. What I like about photography is the bond that can be created with strangers, the feelings and the emotional aspect. I don’t like “manufactured” photography or re-touching. For me, a photo should reveal emotion. That’s why I like portraits.

Would you like to become a professional?

Sure…but I’ve got to be realistic. For the time being, I’m finishing up my Business degree and then I plan on setting up an advertising agency. In the long term, I won’t give up on the idea of working in photography because I can’t live without it!

How do you use the Pikeo website?

I came across Pikeo by chance when I was looking at different sites that store photos. It seemed really easy to use and fun. When this competition was announced, I jumped at the opportunity to enter lots of pictures from my trip to Burma. It was quite a good find!! I use it to store my photos on the web and get a little publicity… but also to see what other photographers who have the same tastes as me are up to; to make comments, get inspiration...

And your next trip on the horizon?

I’m leaving for Cuba in a few days, with both cameras. I hope to find some good story topics. I’ll keep you posted via the site… And then there’ll be Greece, thanks to you! Thanks again, this prize has convinced me to stick with photography…

RESULTS !!!!!

I know you're waiting for so enjoy : photo competition resultats !!!

1st prize : Pierre-Elie de Pibrac - Pilili

2°prize : Federico Sendra - Pikeoveo

3°prize : Julien Mailler - Jules1405

4° prize : Aurore Marechal - auma

5° prize : Jean-Luc Benazet - jeanlucb

Congratulations and thanks for all your pictures

Alongside the official selection, the Pikeo team selected some other travel portraits that were just as impressive : here

waiting for photo contest results

I know, you are waiting for Pikeo - PHOTO contest results. And you can't find anything on Pikeo about when you will find them. Here I am! Don't be made, Pikeo users send us more than 15000 pictures!

Results are for this week, believe me. Meanwhile, you could visit the photo contest group!