Congratulations to Sharon Neel-Bagley of Dallas, the winner of the Flickr Photo of the Week contest! Sharon’s a bit of  a ringer – she’s a fine-art photographer by trade with a show currently at Art Hotel Gallery. And yep, that’s her daughter in her winning photo. She follows last week’s winner, Jacob Rasmussen.

NOTE: For all of you photographers out there, we’d like to invite you to participate in our contest to design an Art&Seek T-shirt. Click here to view all the details about how to enter your design.

If you would like to participate in the Flickr Photo of the Week contest, all you need to do is upload your photo to to our Flickr group page. It’s fine to submit a photo you took previous to the current week, but we are hoping that the contest will inspire you to go out and shoot something fantastic this week to share with Art&Seek users. If the picture you take involves another facet of the arts, even better. The contest week will run from Monday to Sunday, and the Art&Seek staff will pick a winner on Monday afternoon. We’ll notify the winner through FlickrMail (so be sure to check those inboxes) and ask you to fill out a short survey to tell us a little more about yourself and the photo you took. We’ll post the winners’ photo on Wednesday and Gini Mascorro will read your name on the air at the end of her daily arts calendar.

Now, here’s more from Sharon:

Sharon, as shot by her 2-year-old daughter.

Sharon Neel-Bagley
Title of photo: Candy Cane Girl
Equipment: Canon 20D, ring flash and Photoshop
Tell us more about your photo: Lurking in the bleak city streets is Time-Outatron. This bitter robot has declared war on children, their hopes, dreams and imaginations. Time-Outatron’s main foe is Candy Cane Girl. She successfully leads the charge to defeat Time-Outatron with her band of very young and inspired superheroes.
This is actually a portrait of my daughter. I like photographing children showing the positive attributes of childhood in a fun and unique way. This image can currently be seen at Art Hotel Gallery.
“Her Story” represents a group of women artists of all ages and walks of life, with art inspired by their own personal experiences as daughters, mothers, wives, singles, students, teachers, corporate climbers, fashionistas, victims, survivors, creators and the opposite sex. This event supports Girls Inc. of Metro Dallas. Guests are invited to bring a book or art supply type item for our collection box. Closing reception: June 13 from 7-9pm. Additional viewings by appointment.