And the Holga Week Winners Are...

I am excited to announce the winners for Holga Week 2014! (The Holga Week blog is not cooperating right now so I am posting these here for the time being).

As you know, there were three judges - Michelle Bates, Christine So from Holga Inspire, and myself, HolgaJen. Each judge picked one winner who will receive a prize from Holga Inspire (winners - check your email!). We also each picked two "honorable mentions" because there were so many great photos submitted, it was hard to choose just one! Both the winners, and the honorable mentions will have a chance to have their Holga work featured on The Holga Darkroom blog (this blog!). I will be in touch with each of you soon to arrange this if you are interested.

And now, for the photos!

Judge: Michelle Bates

Winner:
Artist Name: Ross Togashi
Location: Honolulu, Hawai‘i USA
Title: Paradise Seat
Holga Products Used: Holga 120N converted to a self-made "Pinholga" pinhole camera.
Website: www.flickr.com/people/36exposures

Honorable Mention:
Artist Name: Kendra Laflin
Location: Austin, TX
Title: Texas Rosebush
Holga Products Used: Holga 120N
Website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/triana/

Honorable Mention:
Artist Name: Ozan Mutlu Dursun
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Title: Swallow 2
Holga Products Used: Holga 120 GCFN
Website: www.ozanmutludursun.com

Judge: Holga Inspire

Winner:
Artist Name: Frau Inga (Inge van Leipsig)
Location: Rotterdam
Title: The love locks horseman
Holga products used: Holga 120 GN Kodak E100G cross processed
Website: www.light-camera-inga.com

Honorable Mention:
Artist Name: Ross Togashi
Location: Honolulu, Hawai‘i USA
Title: Paradise Seat
Holga Products Used: Holga 120N converted to a self-made "Pinholga" pinhole camera.
Website: www.flickr.com/people/36exposures

Honorable Mention:
Artist Name: Ross Togashi
Location: Honolulu, Hawai‘i USA
Title: Stream Dream
Holga Products Used: Holga 120N converted to a self-made "Pinholgaroid" pinhole camera.
Website: www.flickr.com/people/36exposures

Judge: Jennifer Henriksen (HolgaJen)

Winner:
Artist Name: Kathi Bondzio
Location: Solingen, Germany
Title: Apple
Holga products used: Holga 120 FN, Holga Close-Up Lens CL-120 (120mm)
Website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/some-keepsakes/

Honorable Mention:
Artist Name: Shane Appleby
Location: Lynbridge, Devon, UK
Title: Untitled
Holga Products Used: Holga 120N, Double exposure using Fujifilm Acros 100. Home developed in R09 (Rodinal)

Honorable Mention:
Artist Name: Katherine Heck
Location: Davis, California, USA
Title: Clouds and shadows
Holga Products Used: Holga 120N (Holgawood) and Portra 120 film

Because judging was done blind (no names were seen) and we had a bit of overlap in the photos chosen during judging, I have chosen an extra honorable mention

Artist Name: Simon Le Boulh
Location: Christchurch- New Zealand
Title: The way
Holga Products Used: Holga 120N
Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slvrspn/

Thank you to everyone who participated - Holga Week 2014 was a great success and I hope to do it again next year!  If you would like to contribute to help keep the Holga Week website running, small donations are appreciated.  The link is on the top right column of this blog or on the Holga Week About page.

Jen