175 Years of Petzval Legacy Competition - EXTENDED!
47 5 Share TweetYou read the right, folks! The 175 Years of Petzval Legacy Competition is officially extended. Discover the additional prizes awaiting our lucky winners and meet the esteemed Petzval photographers that comprise our jury.
The race to bring in the most creative photographs taken with the New Petzval 85 is getting tighter. If you missed the first deadline, here’s another chance to send in those show-stopping photographs!
Prizes
Grab this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a worldwide exhibition commemorating the 175th anniversary of the original Petzval Lens and bag these prizes:
First Place:
- New Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens
- 800 EUR voucher for the Online Shop
Second Place:
- 600 EUR voucher for the Online Shop
Third Place:
- 300 EUR voucher for the Online Shop
Seven Runners-up:
- 100 EUR voucher for the Online Shop
Aside from these, we’re tossing in these bonus prizes to be given away to selected participants of the competition:
- Tintype Studio Gift Certificate for The Penumbra Foundation in New York, USA
The Penumbra Foundation is a “non-profit photographic arts organization whose mission is to bring workshops and greater education, lectures, and events to a diverse and evolving international photographic community.” Tintype Studio is the organization’s modern version of the wet plate collodion portrait studio.
- Two tickets to the Paul Strand: Photography and Film for the 20th Century at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Paul Strand: Photography and Film for the 20th Century will be “a major retrospective of the work of American photographer and film maker, Paul Strand (1890-1976), and the first in the UK since the artist’s death.”
- An interview with Milk Magazine
Milk Magazine is one of the top youth Magazines in Hong Kong that delivers the latest news on fashion, gadgets, and arts.
Meet the 175 Years of Petzval Legacy Competition Jury
- Geoffrey Berliner: An avid collector of Petzval Lens, Geoffrey Berliner is the executive director of the Penumbra Foundation and the Center for Alternative Photography in New York City.
- Chris Pollard: A London-based fashion photographer, Chris Pollard also works as a graphic designer for Ralph Lauren.
- Matthieu Soudet: Matthieu Soudet is a young photographer from France who specializes in portraiture.
- Issa Ng: A former art director and stylist, Issa Ng is an expert in fashion and commercial photography.
- Takeshi Suga: Takeshi Suga is a photographer from Kobe, Japan who showcased mastery of the Petzval Lens with his eye-popping portraits.
Don’t let this chance slip away, submit your photos today!
- Only photographs taken with the New Petzval 85 Art Lens will be qualified in this rumble. Please refrain from spamming the submission box.
- Maximum of ten submissions per user. Submit your entries here.
- Photos must be at least 300dpi and 5000 pixels at the longest side. (However, you can still submit in a smaller format but we will need the bigger file at a later point.)
- Competition will run until October 20, 2015.
What are you waiting for? Think outside the box and show your most creative take on the lens’ signature swirly bokeh. Submit those photos now!
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