Street Photo Competition 2015 1 : Results

  • Competition Winner : First Prize
  • $1,731.00 and a Leica X Camera worth $2400.
  • Judges Comment
  • A second counts ! In this moment, and in love and photography. It is only a very short moment in life, but it says so much to me. And maybe a beginning for two people, or perhaps not. It's a great shot! I love it!
  • Photographers Comment
  • My name is Girmantas Bucas. I am from Lithuania, Vilnius. I take pictures mostly in streets. This shot was taken in Paris. I used Leica M4-P camera and Summilux 50 pre-asph lens. The film was Fomapan 200. Thank you very much to jury. They wrote excellent annotation. That is true what they said.
  • www.girmantas.com
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • What a shot! It was a difficult decision to not choose this photo for No.1 because it's a very mysterios look in the hard life of someone. What light!
  • Photographers Comment
  • What a surprise! It was a difficult read to not have ended up on No.1 so close though ;) Thanks for the appreciation and my congratulations to the winner! My name is Michael Meissner, coming from Germany. The picture was taken with a Leica M240 and belongs to a series about daily street life in india which will appear soon here:
  • www.meisnerio.com
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Feel the power of this moment caught in this photo! Brilliant! Very Cartier-Bresson like!
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Feel the luck, the fun, the action! The right moment, the right light, the right position.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Wow! Perfectly seen ... and some luck ;-)
  • Photographers Comment
  • Hi, my name's João Domingues and Street Photography is a new genre for me. I'm very happy that my photo was chosen among all this pictures of high quality. This was shot with a Fujifilm X100, which I love, in Lisbon, Portugal. I converted it to B&W on PS5 with a custom channel mix to emulate Tri-X and custom curve for contrast. And as HCB used to say, "it is always a question of luck!" :) You can see more of my street photos, here:
  • joaodominguesphoto.wordpress.com
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • It's a great photo, but I wouldn't want to be there.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Nice synchronicity ;-) Perfectly seen. Well done!
  • Photographers Comment
  • Richard Cromwell I shot this on the volcanic Island of Funchal (it is off the coast or Portugal). These gentlemen, in groups of two, pull a wooden/wicker toboggan down narrow streets (from the top of the island 12,000 ft. down to the bottom). I saw these guys leaning against the wall resting after one such trip. They were waiting for their truck ride back up to the top where they'll start all over again Shot with a Canon 7D with a 24-105mm lens.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • There is a lot of pride in the view of the veteran. Well seen.
  • Photographers Comment
  • photo © kevin v. ton 2015 I am a documentary photographer focused on street photography. This photo is from Celebrations of 70 years from the end of WWII. Old Town Square. Prague. Czech Republic.
  • www.kevin-v-ton.com