2008 - 2009
Minox Historical Society
Photo Contest

Category: 007-Spy


 

First Place
Frank Eulgem
Germany

Title: Wrong opinion

Place / event: Social marketing by Amnesty International. Candid shot at an exhibiton about "Radical Advertising", Düsseldorf, Germany. Date: May 2008

Film: APX 100 Camera: Minox B All pictures were scanned from enlargements on Ilford papers, format 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7inches)


 

Second Place
David Champion
London UK

 

Title: Brother and Sister

Place/Event: Two young musicians from Kazakhstan showing their talent in London
.
Earlier I photographed them on digital but once the performance began photography
was not allowed, no one noticed me silently taking this candid shot.

Taken in November 2008 using a Minox C, hand hel
d

Film: Ilford Delta 100 film rated at 100 iso developed in Rodinal 1+2
5
Scanned in 12 bit colour on a Nikon Coolscan IV film scanner with home made negative
carrier.

Levels corrected, spotted and split toned in Photoshop
.

No sharpening applied
.

 


 

Honorable Mention
Jay E. Wesselink
Madison, WI

Title: 3-Skinny dippers taking a break on RAGBRAI

Place/Event: Des Moines Register’s Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa

Film: AGFAPAN 400, Rodinal 1:25, 68 degrees, 7 min. It was the only camera I had with film at the time and I was a bit nervous about being in the river with it.


 

Honorable Mention
Lance S. Borden
Houston, TX

Place/Event: Photo is a handheld time exposure taken with Minox EC using Minocolor Pro 100 in
Pasadena, Texas, of a movie in progress in an indoor movie theater. The camera caught
at least two frames of the movie.

The Minox EC has a wonderful analog exposure system.


Processing by Minoxlabs in Elmont, NY.




 

Honorable Mention
Michael Van Buskirk
Gallery Obscura
Portland, OR

Title: Merchandise

Place/Event: Bordeaux Arcade, France, August, 2007.

Film: Minox iiis on Minopan100



Updated June 16, 2009