Abstract or Conceptual Contest Entry by Kendal Van Dyke

Kendal Van Dyke

July 29, 2025 - 11:30 am

Seattle Gum Wall

Canon R50, f/5.6, 1/80, 32mm, ISO 6400

Located in Post Alley, just outside the Pike Place Market, the Seattle Gum Wall is a layered overload of textures and colors, somehow simultaneously beautiful and gross. Is it art? Vandalism? Or a bit of both?

Contest Submissions

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Thomas Herbst

2.1

Paul Kister

2.5

Paul Kister

2.3

Paul Kister

1.8

Chuck St Laurent

Guilherme Rezende

1.9

Guilherme Rezende

2.7

Guilherme Rezende

2.6

Aaron Levy

2.1

Chuck St Laurent

2.6

Ondrej Blazek

2.5

Ondrej Blazek

2.6

Nicholas Hall

2.3

Nicholas Hall

2.9

Nicholas Hall

2.4

Sarvesh Rajpathak

2.4

Sarvesh Rajpathak

2.3

Marwen Louafi

2.3

Marwen Louafi

Richard Pierce

2.1

Marwen Louafi

1.9

Nick Giantsidis

2.1

Richard Pierce

1.9

K Westmoreland

2.5

K Westmoreland

2.7

Victor Fu-Zhou

2.2

Victor Fu-Zhou

2.3

Victor Fu-Zhou

2.2

Robert Batten

2.4

Robert Batten

1.7

Hayata Takeshita

2.1

Nick Hilton

2.9

chip curry

2.1

Todd Eukel

1.4

Menashe Malasa

1.7

David Vanderplank

2.5

Paul Stelter

1.8

Dusty Cooper

2.7

Jay Carnes

2.4

Carlos Garcia

2.6