Untitled #87 by aspiring HS Clayton Cotterell

On a rainy afternoon in New York, I am wishing for a sunnier spot to liven up my life. To quell this desire, I give you the above image from today’s Hey, Hot Shot! hopeful, New York dwelling Clayton Cotterell. Clayton is interested in “when masculinity either merges with youthful innocence, or takes it away, and how it is placed on an individual within contemporary society.”

And since you are curious about the competition, here is the brief bio Mr. Cotterell gave us:

I grew up in Longview, WA and began photographing around the age of 14. My friends and I would spend our time skateboarding, riding bikes, and taking pictures. Making photographs was just something we did without ever thinking about why we did it. We just loved making images. After high school I moved to Seattle to attend Seattle University where I majored in fine arts and minored in photography. Luckily, I was able to take classes at Photographic Center Northwest, which is a school and gallery dedicated to photography in all its practices. After college, I moved to NYC to try and start a career in photography. Turns out it’s pretty tough so I worked at a bakery until it went out of business. I didn’t know what to do so I applied to grad school and got in to the MFA in Photography, Video, and Related Media program at School of Visual Arts. Now, I am in my second year and developing what will be my thesis. Oh, and I’m 24 years old.

And you? Enter today!

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