The FanGum Gallery

After a few hundred CelebriGum photos, I realized that gum photography was too much fun to keep to myself.  I began soliciting FanGum photos, and in doing so I unleashed a tidal wave of gum creativity.  It soon became apparent that window ledges are only the beginning.  Here are some entries from the February 2013 FanGum Photo Contest, judged by Paul Shaffer:

Mark Gentle's winning entry, taken at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama.  That's a Lockheed A-12 spy plane from the 60's.


               
Paul gave honorable mention to this pair by Catherine Huggins, taken in the Iowa Governor's Mansion.  Catherine used little glass bases for her family of gum wads, so as not to deface the historic 1869 home.

I especially appreciate Jack O'Brien's Lego recreation of a CelebriGum photo, titled "The Bashful Astronaut."

 VertiGum, by Katie Dolan

        

            "Gumbo(w)," by Liz Scholz                  By Karen Byers

Seattle's famous Gum Wall, by (and starring) Joni Layne

By Katie Dolan

     Monument Circle, Indianapolis, by Amy Holtsclaw

 Hollywood Walk of Fame, by Philip Vaughn

 By Jim Westfall

 By Rod Fernandez--a roadkill deer and a piece of gum, as found

 By Lenny Boudreau

 By Francine Hughes.  That's a hospital morgue tag.

 "I Love Lucy"--with Lucy the Elephant, Margate City, New Jersey, by Shirlee DiBacco

Ralph Kramden statue, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York City, by Cheryl Levenbrown

Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson's car, by Catherine Huggins

By David Kazmierski.  The rules didn't say the gum had to be chewed.

 By Amy Holtsclaw

"Hot Gum On Gum Action," an adult-themed entry by Alan Page

Here are some great examples submitted during 2012, before there was a contest.  

By Mark Gentle

The gates of Graceland, by Philip Vaughn

Another one by Mark Gentle

 Epcot theme park, Florida, by Marilyn Sargent

A meta-gum photo by Alan Page, Lake Tahoe

By David Kazmierski

By Cheryl Levenbrown, Brooklyn, New York

Che Gumvara, by Jim Westfall

Bryant Park, New York City, by Chris Lowe

U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama, by Mark Gentle

And a couple that came in since the contest ended:

Kawartha Highlands, Canada, by Nicole Abi-Najem 

(yes, she put the gum there herself)

Chicago White Sox spring training, Glendale, Arizona, by Mitch Robinson

That's a lot of fun creativity.  No need to wait for another contest -- send in new examples anytime to celebrigum@gmail.com!