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bl u e LETTER FROM THE EDITOR BEST OF BLUE AWARDS WINNERS LIST CONTRIBUTORS BEST PHOTOGRAPHS Innovative art direction cropped Laura Levine's black + white photographs which ran from the cover through the opening pages of blue's launch issue. The cover won numerous awards including a LIFE magazine nomination for BEST MAGAZINE COVER of the year. The sequence of swimmers diving into pools related to blue's mission, that of diving into the unknown. V1Nl Gerald Forster's Light Years Project, a collaboration with writer Anthony Smith, is the ongo- ing result of years of travel from Papua New Guinea to Yemen and beyond. V2N6 Behold K2, photographed by Michael Darter. V1N2 Surf, culture and art meet in Laurel Axen's photographs of surfing Sri Lanka. V3Nl BEST IN FRONT: "DIA DE LOS MUERTOS" + "HAMPI: CITY OF VICTORY" Marc Bennett's article and photographs of Mexico's Dia de los Muertos explore how one country comes alive when remembering the dead. "Hampi: City of Victory," written and pho- tographed by Stephanie Nicholson looks into the magic of this holy Indian city. Both repre- sent the best of blue's front of the book travel coverage, photography and art direction. V1N6 + V1Nl BEST SHORT ARTICLE: "A DRAG IN APIA" Meet Western Samoa's most popular drag queen in Tony Perrottet's "A Drag in Apia". V1N4 BEST BACK PAGE: "SHOES OF KILIMANJARO" Cameron Burns' sole searching may not have pleased the outdoor apparel manufacturers, but it made a lot of our readers smile to learn what Tanzania's sherpas have to say about technical footwear. V1N4 BEST CLIMBING: "GARGOYLES OVER MANHATTAN" Brad Wieners offers an insider's view of an exclusive cult: urban bridge climbers. V1N4 BEST BIKING: "DECIDE TO RIDE" Tim Parr redefines urban cool by adding two wheels and handlebars. V2Nl BEST OF B L U E 1Iiiiiiii~