175 Years of Petzval Legacy Competition
45 18 Share TweetTake part in this competition for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to have your Petzval photo displayed during special worldwide exhibitions commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Petzval Lens. Plus, win a New Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens and vouchers for the Online Shop!
1840 saw the birth of a lens that revolutionized photography. Esteemed professor and engineer Joseph Petzval carefully calculated and designed this lens to be significantly faster and more precise than what was available at that time. 175 years later, his original creation, the Petzval Lens, is still sought after by photographers and camera collectors.
To celebrate the 175th anniversary of this legendary lens, we’re looking for showstopping photographs taken with the New Petzval 85 Art Lens. Browse through your old Petzval albums or start anew with an experimental concept. Winners will be chosen by an international jury of talented Petzval photographers, so think outside the box and show your most creative take on the lens’ signature swirly bokeh!
Prizes:
The winning photographs from the competition will be displayed during a special exhibition commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Petzval Lens. Additionally, we have tons of other prizes on offer:
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
Bonus Prizes for Competition Winners
These bonus prizes will be given to specially 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. The Penumbra Tintype Studio is a contemporary take on the 19th century wet plate collodion portrait studio. Considered by many to be the Polaroid of the 19th Century, the tintype is made almost instantaneously through a process that uses hand poured chemicals on an enameled sheet of metal.
- 2 Tickets for the Paul Strand Exhibition at the V&A, London – The tickets will be available from January 2016. This will be a major retrospective at the V&A Museum of the work of American photographer and film maker, Paul Strand (1890-1976), and the first in the UK since the artist’s death. Strand was one of the greatest and most influential photographers of the 20th century whose images have defined the way fine art and documentary photography is understood and practiced today. The exhibition will present around 200 objects spanning Strand’s entire career, including his breakthrough trials in abstraction and candid street portraits, close-ups of natural and machine forms, and extended explorations of the American Southwest, Mexico, New England, France, Italy, Scotland, Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, and Romania.
- An Interview with you featured in Milk Magazine, Hong Kong – Founded in 2001, Milk is one of the top weekly youth magazines in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. Milk delivers content on fashion, gadget news, art and culture. A special interview with the prize-winner will be shared in the Lomography Column in Milk Magazine.
Mechanics:
- 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. Unfortunately, photos which do not fit this criteria cannot win. (You can still submit in a smaller format but we will need the bigger files at a later point then)
- Competition will run until September 30, 2015.
The Legacy Competition Jury
The competition will be judged by some of the most knowledgeable and skilled Petzval photographers on the planet:
Geoffrey Berliner: Geoffrey Berliner is the executive director of the Penumbra Foundation and the Center for Alternative Photography in New York City. The Penumbra Foundation (www.penumbrafoundation.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to photographic arts and education.
Read our interview with Geoffrey.
Chris Pollard: Chris Pollard is a super talented London-based fashion photographer who also works as a graphic designer for Ralph Lauren.
Read our interview with Chris.
Matthieu Soudet: Matthieu Soudet is a child of photography. He started shooting in his native Normandy when he was only nine years old. Since then, he has dedicated his life to capturing magical moments and puts his boundless creativity to good use through beautiful pictures and portraits.
Issa Ng: As a photographer, Issa Ng is known for his expertise in portraiture and fashion photography. Having worked with different international brands as an Art Director, he has developed a great sense for aesthetics and details, which are reflected in his work.
Read our interview with Issa
Takeshi Suga: Takeshi Suga is a photographer from Kobe, Japan. He embraces all the elements of film photography and creates images that are soft and dreamy.
Read our interview with Takeshi
Plus more Jurors will be announced soon!
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