Close up pictures of the Webby Award Statues
Our Webby Award statues for our web series Hometown Baghdad arrived in the mail two days ago and I got the chance to play with them up close. I was surprised by how heavy they are and how bouncy the slinky is. I thought it’d be stiff metal. Check out the detail shots below:
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Here is a close up of the label on the award we won for Best Reality. |
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A close up of the News and Politics Series award. |
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A close up of the Best Public Service and Activism Award. This one was especially meaningful to us because the series was done in the spirit of public service and was funded by philanthropists at the Shei’rah Foundation and Cinereach. |
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Here are all three awards lined up. Where on earth should we put them in the office? The conference room? Near the entry-way? WWSGD? |
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I thought it was pretty cool that there are 1s and 0s on the slinky. |
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Here is a little detail that I almost missed myself. The Webby Award logo is printed inside the slinky. |












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