Editor's Picks for the Wired.com Black-and-White Photo Contest

[Steve]

: Though Wired.com readers selected 10 excellent photos in our black-and-white photo contest, we here at the Photo Department like to fight for the underdog. Here are our 10 favorite submissions that we think deserved more attention.
Our next twice-monthly photo contest is water. Show us your best homage to life's elixir. Check out the contest page for more information.
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The Chosen One
Submitted by Julio Rojas
Photographer's comment:
"Two boys walking down the nave of the Santiago de Compostela cathedral."
: Fish!
Submitted by dosyoyas
Photographer's comment:
"Dry fish in Macau."
: Smoke Man
Submitted by Vincos
Photographer's comment:
"A man that seems made of his own smoke."
: Spiral Staircase at the Vatican Museum
Submitted by Top Lertpanyavit
Photographer's comment:
"Took this in the late afternoon as people slowly streamed out of the museum. Long exposure to add motion."
: Eye Patch
Submitted by Thorsten Wulff
Photographer's comment:
"NYC, 1987"
: Commute/co-mute
Submitted by Jesper Sidhu
Photographer's comment:
"Early mornings and the commute to work, we are all going in the same direction, to do the same thing. Nothing is ever spoken, yet there is a mute and mutual connection.
Leica M2 Canon: 50mm, 1.8 Ilford, XP2 Walz yellow filter.
: Vote for Pedro
Submitted by Kerrigan Swan-Garcia
Photographer's comment:
"Meet Pedro: my niece's Chihuahua.“
: Checkerboard Lady
Submitted by Alberto Aleman
Photographer's comment:
"Shot on a rainy afternoon, outside the Terracotta Soldiers' Tomb, in Xi'an, China. 1/100s, focal length: 34.0mm, f/11.0, ISO: 800."
: Building Blocks
Submitted by Brian Sharland
Photographer's comment:
"A photo I made of the Rockefeller Center in New York. Post-processing included black-and-white conversion and heavy contrast."
: Luc(as) de Groot
Submitted by Thorsten Wulff
Photographer's comment:
"Type designer Luc(as) de Groot in Berlin, Germany. He loves kerning."

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