January 2018 Photo Contest: "Laundry Day" (page 7 of 10)

Really nice theme!

My votes

Ming2 Photo No.1 🙂🙂🙂 It stuck in my mind throughout the whole contest 🙂



Pierre Photo No.1 🙂🙂 I really love Pierre’s style and vibes!



Raga Photo No.1🙂 Love the washerwomen (not the washing machines😉 ) and that big white sheet in the foreground.



P.S.: For some reason I don’t understand—and probably because I’m not doing what I should—I have to resize the images I copy/paste into the slideshow to the dimensions VF wants. It’s...annoying! 😠

Hi there, here’s my vote. Ugh, not easy...

Pierre, photo 3, 3 points For the simplicity, the framing, the white of the shutters and the laundry. And also to avoid upsetting Pyrene, who discovered how much I love those big briefs 😛

Jemaflor, photo 3, 2 points For the original framing (or reframing?), the composition, the photogenic crumbling wall, and the discreet but essential presence of the woman.

Ragamuffin, photo 1, 1 point For the women’s poses and the color balance. But only 1 point because of that big white sheet that slightly disrupts the balance.

So many beautiful shots, but none really blew me away. I loved the composition and balance of Ming’s photo 1, though the highlights are too blown out. I also liked Pierre’s photo 1—great eye for the matching colors! Fab’s black-and-white photo 1 is nice too. Eversmile’s photo 1 is fun. Attila’s photo 2 fits the vibe of the top two on my podium. Jemaflor’s photo 1 for the vibrant colors, and Lacalo because I love the chaos among those satellite dishes 😉 There are others, but I won’t comment on all of them!

Good evening, 🙂

After careful consideration... Pierre #1, Ming2 #1, Elhine #1.

Are there three winners? 😇

A real mess...

What a mess...

"The new Omo gets the stain that’s hidden in the knot of the dishcloth out. But the dishcloth’s still fine afterward. It’s clean—just as clean as with the old Omo, without making the knot. It just takes longer ‘cause you gotta tie the knots! And if you’ve got 5 kilos of laundry, you tie the knots on Monday, then do the laundry on Tuesday…" 😉

My vote:

1 - Elhine No. 1 2 - Nickk78 No. 1 3 - Vazyvite No. 3

1 - Elhine N°1 2 - Nickk78 N°1 3 - Vazyvite N°3

I guess the number before the name is the ranking and not the number of points... but I’d rather you confirm that.

1 - Elhine N°1 2 - Nickk78 N°1 3 - Vazyvite N°3

I assume the number before the name is the ranking and not the number of points... but I’d prefer if you could confirm.

Of course: traditional ranking with the best at the top. Better like this: 1st - Elhine N°1 2nd - Nickk78 N°1 3rd - Vazyvite N°3

Hi Kola, Congrats on your well-deserved win and your original way of running the contest! I think your theme is really fun. It was a great idea. Laundry often says a lot about a country. Is that why it’s so photogenic and so often photographed?

I haven’t been around for a little while, but I still enjoy checking out the contest. My votes for this month: 3 points Ming2 - 1 2 points Ming2 - 2 1 point Pierre - 2

I also really liked: Mamina64 1 and 3, Pierre 3, Jemaflor 3, Ragamuffin 1, Kate 1 and 2, Fabt84 2, and many others.

Hi everyone! Votes: 3 points to Wsns-1 2 points to Mamina64-3 1 point to Minala-3

Hi, gold soap to Ming2 for Photo No. 1: I was smitten as soon as I saw it! silver soap to Vsns1 for Photo No. 1: for the memory. There was the same washhouse in my mom’s village. bronze soap to Mamina64 for Photo No. 1: I love the "single-garment laundry" concept—"Today, I’m washing panties, who’s got any?" 😉

Is the choice harder when you organize the contest, propose a theme... and then receive photos like so many postcards from around the world personally addressed to you?

Probably, because it’s tough for me to pick just three from this burst of color.

I loved all these images, including the ones posted off-topic... photos that echo from one country to another and naturally come together in sub-themes: -beautiful portraits of women, bent over or crouching... -urban laundry, beach laundry, and field laundry—the clothes hanging from windows and those fluttering in the wind. -scenes by the river or stream, often shot from a low angle. -graphic images, lovely reflections, beautiful black-and-whites. -clothes hanging, clothes spread out on the grass, sand, steps...

These photos of timeless, universal gestures—images captured *in the midst of life*, life as it flows, sometimes daily, busy, and peaceful...

I’m touched that the theme inspired you beyond my expectations.

Mamina64-3 ... 3 points

Eversmile-3... 2 points

Jemaflor-3...1 points

Special mention to Ming2-1, who won’t need me to say more...

Thanks... to those who were hesitant but pushed through, to the newbies (ahem...), to those who’ve been away for so long and came back to join in or just vote. 🙂

And thanks to the one whose skill... and a *certain je ne sais quoi* naturally made them stand out for the task. 🤪

Pierre 1 🙂🙂🙂



Ming2 2 : 😛🙂



Kanibe 3 😄

"A real tangled mess..."

... as long as they’re decapitated, everything’s still okay! 😇

Voting ends tomorrow night, Sunday, at midnight. (There are still a few stragglers... 🙂)

there are still a few stragglers... 🙂

Heard that 😎 even in Banfora!!! No surprise: 1. Ming2 1: 3 points 2. Eversmile 1: 2 points 3. Jemaflor3: 1 point

Once again, congrats on your theme choice and your elegant handling of the month .

Hi there,

Here’s my vote:

3 points: Pyrene64 photo No. 3 2 points: Ragamuffin photo No. 1 1 point: Ming2 photo No. 2

My little comment on Pyrene64’s photo No. 2: To me, the star of this photo is that light you’d want to see drying the laundry—it’d be great friends with the jars too. But no! It’s teasing us from behind the little gate... But without the laundry, none of this would work! (At least not to my eyes.) And that crack, like a little bonus... I love it!

Good evening Kola! 🙂

For my first participation 😛 in VF’s international photo contest, the repeated careful viewing, pre-selection, and final decision were as exhausting as the soaking, pre-washing/washing, and spinning involved in "that ancestral and universal activity, traditionally left to one half of humanity while the other leaves their dirty laundry lying around!"

In other words, choosing the top three for "Best Wash of the Month" was just as tough as past contests 😛. Here’s the lineup (the trophy names aren’t a sneaky ad violation 🙁, just saying in case Longtarin’s watching… ):

Gold Super-Croix to Pyrene64-n°3 (3 points): (Yes, it’s photo #3… just mentioning for Minala’s vote )

… because this photo whisked me away on a journey of imagination (but not for the unintentional "permutative wordplay" in Elhine’s cheeky little comment above about that same invitation)

Silver Saponite to Fabt84-n°1 (2 points):

… a stunning profile, the understated elegance and simplicity of good old black and white—something most of us have almost forgotten! 😕 (Except for real photographers, of course… or what’s left of them!)

Bronze Bonux to Marifb-n°1 (1 point):



… for that timeless Cambodian blue and sky that pulled me right in…

Final applause to the curator of this exhibit, and a big congrats in advance to future winners! 🙂

Gold Super-Cross at Pyrene64-No. 3 (3 points): (it really is photo No. 3... just saying for Minala's vote😇)

Thanks everyone! 🙂 (It’s been corrected, thanks...)

because this photo managed to invite me on a journey and into my imagination (but not for the unintentional "permutative wordplay" of the mischievous Elhine in her little comment above about this same invitation)

The monkey’s gonna be happy...