Denver, Colorado by Jesse Chehak

Aspiring Hot Shot Jesse Chehak submitted work from his series Fool's Gold - a project about the American West, about people, about landscape, about opportunity, and, well, pretty much everything in between. On the work he says:

The pictures are the results of several long, contemplative, road trips based on prior geographic and historical research. I often revisit significantly narrative locations, while shooting spontaneously the contemporary circumstance. Each picture is a meditative interaction between myself, the camera, and the subject. The result is an attempt to connect the past and the present, revealing some truth behind the opportunistic nature of the American West.

A student of Joel Sternfeld, Jesse cannot emphasis enough the value of working with an artist you admire, but also are insanely intimidated by. And I couldn't agree more.

Keep it up Jesse. And everyone else, remember the clock ticks... So... Enter today!