The amount of entries to the Where I Live contest, was staggering! It truly made the launch of CRPhotography quite special and we appreciate all the promotion, feedback and deviants who worked hard to create something for the theme. The diversity of deviantART was really highlighted with this contest and it was fantastic to see how everybody chose to sum up their home town in a single image with just a few words attached to explain their choice. Well done! Without further ado though, here are the results!

This is quite a unique entry, being a double exposure and also with the artists comments justifying why this illustrates where they live - written by another deviant. For that reason it has been decided that whilst LashelleValentine takes first place - a small amount of DeviantART points will be donated to 'Thom' ThomClyma - for his words below...
"From the monstrous skyscrapers to the mom and pop stores, I am shaped by the buildings and streets that grew with me. Though I've moved far from my hometown, I will forever reminisce about the pizza stand on 3rd street where I had my first date, the movie theater on Wrentham where I saw my first movie with my parents, and the crossroads of Delmar and 37th where I had to say goodbye to everyone I once cared about before leaving for college. Despite all the changes to the facade and landscape, that town became a part of me, became a family that I will always cherish."

fotogg says "This image illustrates my country's yearning to find ways to be happy despite extreme poverty and hardships. Thirty percent of the country's population lives below the poverty line, but yet we are ranked as one of the world's happiest states."

TheBrassGlass says of their home, "I feel like this is a perfect representation of Suburban U.S.A. right now. Here we are, more than three years after the recession supposedly ended, and our small local economy is still failing. This city is full of the empty brick husks left by nearly three decades of outsourcing manufacturing jobs. But, on nice days, the park is full of people and the laughter of children, even if the paint on the house they'll go home to is peeling and they pay far too much in rent and have to rely on food stamps that the government is threatening to take away from them. This is home, for better or worse. I love it here."