Freckles Photo Contest Winners
Thank you to all the photographers that shared their creative photos showing people with freckles for a chance to win a GoPro Hero3. A big thank you to guest judge Trond Lindholm. Trond Lindholm - Norwegian - media executive by day, street shooter by night. Trond is a dedicated street and people shooter, with a raw, grainy, B&W style. He has done several exhibitions, and last year he was nominated as one of top five documentary photographers from the last five years on iCNN. Trond is a Olympus Ambassador for Norway and use his Olympus camera with his favorite lens the Zuiko 17 mm f1,8. Recently he has also discovered the fun of iPhone photography, with his favorite B&W grainy Hipstamatic app.
"When someone says freckles - this photo is the first thing that comes to mind. A photo with a very interesting and fun model and so fresh and free of clichés you can get. The technic it is not perfect but the content makes up for that many times. I can not stop looking at this picture, and it makes even the most gray and foggy November in to a sparkling colourfull day - so full of life and joy. My favorite and the winner of the "freckles" competition. That said - there was a very high quality of all the photos and maybe winner is a strong word - I prefer to use the latin term "primus inter pares" or "first among equals". Anyway - great job alexandersorokopud" - Trond Lindholm
"Giving critique is always difficult and giving a short reason why a photo talks to me is often impossible but now and then a photo comes along that I can sum up in only one word – ”stare” by Nina Masic in one and the word and full critique is – Eyes." - Trond Lindholm
"When given a photo task like " freckles " it is easy to go for all clichés in the book - with hard contrast B & W, sprinkled with a blue filter to give it that extra punch in the freckles . " Look trough " is the opposit , a staged but not overstaged natural portrait. The red hair, with freckles and blue eyes just grabs you in an intense yet subtle way" - Trond Lindholm
