TRAVEL PHOTO CONTEST

Second Annual Plain Dealer Travel Photos Contest

Picture this: More than 9,000 images sent to our street address and our Web site, striking photographs of journeys near and far, from Sandusky Bay to southern India. Three judges, all local photographers, spent a full day last month winnowing down the entries to the 10 best, the top finishers in The Plain Dealer's second annual Travel Photo Contest.... Full story »

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The Second Annual Plain Dealer Travel Photos Contest has now ended. All contest winners will be announced on April 5, 2009 in the Travel section of The Sunday Plain Dealer and on cleveland.com/travel. Winning photos will be published in the newspaper and on cleveland.com/travel. One lucky entrant and three guests will be packing their bags for a flight to Fort... Full story »

The travel magazines make it look so easy. Gorgeous images run page after page, bursting with color and quaint towns, exotic clothing, relaxing beaches. You know, the ones that make you think, "Gee, I wish I were there instead of here." So you pull out the maps and make the plane reservations. But for all the excitement of the... Full story »

Here are the judges for The Plain Dealer's Travel Photo Contest: Daniel Levin, co-coordinator of the photography program at Cuyahoga Community College, is a fine-art photographer who works from his downtown Cleveland studio. Levin, who specializes in portrait photography, has taken the portraits of Margaret Thatcher, Barbara and President George H.W. Bush and Robert Redford. He lives in Cleveland Heights.... Full story »

ENTRIES: CATEGORIES: There are three categories for entries: People of the World - Nothing reveals a culture more than images of its people. Must be taken outside of Ohio. A Sense of Place - From stunning landscapes to street scenes, the key to travel photography is capturing the essence of a destination. Must be taken outside of Ohio. Close... Full story »