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This week’s challenge is Community. From the challenge post, “This week, in a post created specifically for this challenge, show us community, and interpret it any way you please!”

The image example in the post is actually not a community of people, or even of animals. It is a community of objects. You can view the image at the link at the end of this post if you are curious.

Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary has a simple definition of community.

com·mu·ni·ty noun, often attributive \kə-ˈmyü-nə-tē\

1. a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood)
2. a group of people who have the same interests, religion, race, etc.
3. a group of nations

The definition then expands to define communities as groups of individuals, not necessarily human. Looking through my collection of images, I found several possible examples of human and animal communities. I elected to concentrate on ad hoc communities, those that come together annually, monthly, weekly or whatever time frame they choose. These communities are subgroups, maybe of a city, county, state or nation. I submit for your constructive criticism, a gallery of ad hoc communities.

A community of classic car enthusiasts at Barrett-Jackson’s annual Scottsdale Auto Show and Auction

A community of tourists watching an old-fashioned “gunfight” melodrama at Goldfield, AZ

A community of hikers come together to hike the Bear Canyon Trail near Tucson, AZ

A community of people enjoying a day at Poipu Beach on Kauai, HI

John Steiner

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/photo-challenge-community/#more-62970