Videophiles: Face-Off 2011 Opening Night Recap
We got you on camera! We had a blast at FACE/OFF opening night here at The Box and from the looks of this behind the scenes video courtesy of Smash Le Funk, so did you. For 2012, we’re going even BIGGER so get to it and snap that camera or shoot that video to submit — we’ll be sure to salute your work and put it on full blast. Enjoy the clip!
Best Travel Photography of 2011: Winners Announced
The best travel photographer of 2011 is Louise Montrose of the USA for “Life In Tiebele.”
The passionate ones over at Travel Photographer Of The Year have announced the 2011 travel photography winners of the highly prestigious competition with Louise Montrose taking the overall win! Every single winning photograph will be on exhibit at The Royal Geographical Society in London from June 21st to August 19th, 2012 — coinciding with the London Olympics. Fancy, right? If you just so happen to be in those parts next summer, stop by for an eye-feast. Of course, we encourage any travel photographer we know to enter…and when you do, tell us about it! Check out a few selects after the jump and view the entire winner’s gallery here. Read more
All That Buzz: Making The Shoot x Smashbox Studios

Pay close attention to this one, lovers, we have a BIG announcement. Making The Shoot, an international photography competition hosted by The Lab Magazine & Photoculture has a mission to create life-changing opportunities for photographers worldwide, and submission time has begun. This competition is dedicated to seeking and promoting emerging talent while helping move a career forward in a big way. This isn’t like most photography contests — they’ll be sure to offer great prizes courtesy of sponsors, but it’s the opportunity given to ONE PHOTOGRAPHER that their most proud of. In January 2012, the winner will be flown to Los Angeles for a fully-financed celebrity shoot to be published in The Lab Magazine No.5 — and it’s all being shot @SMASHBOX STUDIOS! This news should make your top tweets of the week, so for the love of capture (and the list of judges!)… Read more
All That Buzz: Papaya King + The Next Best Billboard
NYC Hot Dog royalty Papaya King arrived a few months back with a bang. While the Hollywood & Wilcox location has since been buzzing with patrons (including us at times!), the real word-of-mouth chatter is all about the King’s jaw-dropping billboard campaigns. Do you think you can top the cheeky slogans? The King’s partner, SBE Entertainment has opened up the floodgates to do so. Angelenos, you know you want to send in your genius verbiage for the King’s next best billboard — and you can do so right by clicking right here.
*A big thanks to Vanessa from Dog and Duck for sending us the official news!*



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