Leica Oscar Barnack Awards 2011

[lynnb]

I was most impressed with the Winner Newcomer Award 2011, Chinese photographer Jing Huang, born in 1987. His portfolio of 12 images shot with his M4-P is well worth a look - here's the link:
http://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/#/en/contest/winner-newcomer-award-2011

 

[lynnb]

Oops - that's probably a cardinal sin - I should say, Oskar Barnack, not Oscar Barnack!

 

[Neare]

Oh I didn't win? Damn.

I actually remember looking at that person's photos and thinking they'd certainly be some of the best in the newcomers slot.

 

[paulfish4570]

nice shots, well done. thanks for the link ...

 

[anu L ogy]

I really enjoyed some of those. Thanks for the link.

 

[semrich]

All good, especially the one of the two ships, now I'm wondering how he got that great grain. Possibly the best grain I've seen.

 

[Frank Petronio]

Looks like OK student work with good craftsmanship. Whoopee.

 

[shadowfox]

Wow, they (Leica) are getting mellow, a guy with an M4-P can win the coveted award ??

Joking aside, those are beautiful photographs. No wonder.

 

[Field]

Looks like OK student work with good craftsmanship. Whoopee.

I like the photos a lot. Funny how he did not need a Leica lens to produce any of them except the bird cage plastic in particular. The rest of them are all so 3200 iso f/22, minor under exposure, on foggy days that any camera would of produced an image that would of been seen the same.

 

[ferider]

Thanks for sharing, Lynn.

That photo with the pig is something else. Would love to have that on the wall ....

 

[brainwood]

Great link Lynn. The kind of prints I aspire to.

 

[barnwulf]

Wow, photographs like this provide a lesson in seeing. Thanks for putting this on the threads, Lynn. Jim

 

[Turtle]

I think they are superb. I prefer the images of the Newcomer winner than the Open winner, but that could be because the style of the latter was more generic. I think Huang's style combined a little Kenna with contemporary documentary work, with Salgado like grain. The result is rather lovely and the sepia tone works too.