With the 2009 Second Edition Hey, Hot Shot! Exhibition fast-approaching (Friday, March 5th — mark your calendars!), we've had the chance to work closely with our five newest photographers: Justin James King, Marisa Aragona, Leah Tepper Byrne, Alejandro Cartagena and Jessica Eaton. Today, we're excited to release the first of these photographers' editions on 20x200: Justin James King's And Still We Gather With Infinite Momentum 1, adding to a noteworthy collection of prints by Hot Shots now available on the site.

During the competition, Alan Rapp wrote of Justin's work:

Justin James King radically intervenes in the common spectacle of the tourist vista by removing the view itself....By removing the sweeping natural view, Justin undercuts the entire premise of the conventional landscape, pulling off the tricky business of making a photograph about the invisible.

And in today's newsletter, Jen adds,

Road-tripping on the highway and taking long detours on byways, made even slower by the temptation to stop and peer at scenic overlooks, is certainly among our favorite summer pastimes. But just what are we looking at? And what is the appeal of these landmarked spots? Are we looking simply because we have been told to do so? Justin's given us free reign to re-imagine what we might see if given a blank slate -- the opportunity to look at a landscape sans any references to what we anticipate, expect and already know. With fresh eyes, the possibilities are infinite.

Read the newsletter in full here and make sure you're on the mailing list to get the first word about 20x200 editions by the rest of our newest group of Hot Shots in the coming weeks and months.