Your votes have been counted, and here are the three winners: Jessica Lupton with her sharp aesthetic wit; Laura McCullagh who shares a selection of stunning nature macrophotographic shots and Abe Viljoen, whose illustrations demonstrate his visceral flair.

Laura McCullagh

Female / Cape Town/Photographer/Digital Designer

Laura Mc Cullagh

Laura Mc Cullagh

Laura Mc Cullagh

I tend to look on the gloomy side of life, despite the kind of things I photograph. It’s easy to forget that we’re surrounded by beauty as it often gets overshadowed by the darker stuff. Seeking and capturing that beauty is what I love most about photography. It’s about emotion and personal expression. I find macrophotography particularly fascinating. Looking at things a little closer reveals a whole other world. It’s like magic. My inspirations include nature, music, mythology and dreams.

To find out more about Laura, simply click HERE to visit her profile page on one small seed network.

Abe Viljoen aka ‘The Given’

Male/Cape Town/Illustrator

Abe Viljoen

Abe Viljoen

Abe Viljoen

I’ve dabbled in many techniques and styles, though no other series has been quite as successful as Iron Animals. I just had this sudden urge one night to create animals made from urban decay. Some sort of play on evolution, asking what happens when an animal’s natural habitat has all but vanished? Iron Animals is a set of grungy photo manipulations that blend matte painting with graffiti influences to a point that nothing of the original remains.

To find out more about Abe, simply click HERE to visit her profile page on one small seed network.

Jessica Lupton

Female /Johannesburg /Conceptual stylist

Jessica Lupton

Jessica Lupton

Jessica Lupton

I am inspired by everything around me, including current affairs, music, films and photography. Every shoot is a collaborative effort. Steve Marais and JP Hanekom are incredible photographers and conceptual innovators and we structure shoots around mutual input. I have also worked with amazing makeup artists and hairstylists that transform shoots into something really beautiful. I would define my creative style as classic: I want to create images that are timeless.

To find out more about Jessica, simply click HERE to visit her profile page on one small seed network.

Click HERE to read the full breakdown of issue 24!

With our last issue – #23 “Cult of Self” – being our sixth anniversary edition and marking our first year as an internationally distributed publication, we are very proud to present round six of our Selected Creative’s Competition, brought to you by Rado. A one small seed initiative that started in May 2010, Selected Creatives is a highly unique competition that gives individuals – of any age, from any location – the chance to be featured in the magazine.

Being an international magazine, this creates a massive opportunity for the winner and the two runners-up, as each will be showcased in print, reaching audiences the world over! Since September 2010, one small seed has been available throughout Southern Africa, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, London, Birmingham, Auckland, New York, Milan, Luxembourg, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Montreal, Taipei, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Germany and Brazil amongst other places.

Out of over 5400 one small seed network members, the contenders for Selected Creatives 06 are;  Jessica Lupton, Kyle Correia De aurajo, Laura Mc Cullagh, Sven Kristian, Abe Viljoen, Bruce K Cantrell, Timothy Cronje, Jane Paterson, Elsa Bleda and Sarah Danielle Mitchell.

To view there stunning online mini-mags and make your vote for who YOU want to see featured in issue 24,  click HERE!