First Place ($500 Prize)
"Woman at Work"
by Anonymous
This photo is, in a word: sharp. The focus, the composition, the use of color, the tool choice and the way its edges so deftly juxtapose this stunning woman’s features… And that fact that she seems to be contemplating the tool’s use as a nail file? Brilliant.
Second Place
"Fine Tweaking the Mechanism"
by Laszio
At first glance this photo was too obvious for me. Tools are generally pretty phallic objects, of course people will think "hmm, sexy = putting tools into vaginas" and I wanted to stay away from the whole idea. However, something about this photo – the hand placement, the random slant of light in an oh-so teasingly kissable location – is undeniably sexy without being tacky. At all. I can just feel that cold harsh metal against warm sun-drenched skin…
Third Place
"Assembly Diagram 99871"
by Cyborg Sex Pod Design Ltd.
In this photo, the woman becomes the tool- robotic, mechanical cold & rigid. Which is really sort of hot. Especially when, despite that, you feel as if you are intruding on a very intimate moment. His hand on the small of her back, guiding her, fixing her; his nose rested gently on her shoulder, as if stealing a whiff of the skin…
Something about the fuzziness, something about the blurred lines, the blending, something about the choice of tool, something about the tousled hair. Doesn’t that define sex?
