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2011 Costco
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winners
GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOT, the theme
of this year’s Costco International Photo
Contest, elicited 48,000 entries. This year’s
contest, which was open to Costco members from nearly 600 Costco warehouses
in eight countries, resulted in vibrant,
sometimes breathtaking photos. Here are
the U.S. winning photos, and the first-place winners from each country, along
with the International Grand Prize
winner from South Korea, who received
a $2,500 Costco Cash card. First-, second-and third-place winners received $1,500,
$1,000 and $500 Costco Cash cards,
respectively. Our thanks to the judges
and to our sponsors, Costco 1-Hour
Photo, Adobe Systems, Inc. and Your
Photo On Canvas.
52 ;e Costco Connection FEBRUARY 2012
International
Grand Prize
Jung Hyun Kim
International Grand
Prize Winner
Jung Hyun Kim
Daegu, South Korea
Toying around
JUNG HYUN KIM, a mobile-phone engineer at Samsung Electronics and amateur
photographer, snapped this photo at Daegu
Arboretum in South Korea, where he lives.
A;er taking this shot of Jiwoo Moon, the
daughter of a friend, Kim promised that if
he won anything from Costco’s Photo
Contest, he’d buy her some good toys at the
Daegu warehouse, where he’s a member. He
also spent some of the money on household
goods, as he is planning to move soon. Kim
started taking photos ;ve years ago as a
hobby. He uses a Canon EOS 5D camera.
—Will Fi;eld
First-Place Winner
Stewart Carlson
Seattle, Washington
A walk in the park
MANY PARENTS hope their children will
become doctors. Stewart Carlson was in premed, but her parents are suggesting she
become a photographer. And with her ;rst-place win in Costco’s photo contest, who can
blame them?
“I don’t think I could ever let go of pho-
tography, because I’ve fallen so in love with it,”
says Carlson, who is in her senior year at
George Washington University and is now
studying human services and public global
health a;er taking a year o; from school to
contemplate her future.
Second-Place Winner
Mike Journeay,
Houston, Texas
Desert shadows
Mike Journeay captured this photo early
one morning near the small village of
Merzouga, in a remote desert region of
Morocco, during a two-week vacation. As one
of the guides led camels up a hill, Journeay’s
photographic eye began twitching.
