We’re very pleased to announce the winners of the Ladies of Polaroid contest, a photo competition sponsored by www.landcameras.com and co–sponsored by BUST. The idea was to submit photos inspired by the vintage manuals from the original Polaroid Land Camera, and the results were all pretty amazing, and so adorable!
There were two categories, “reproduction” and “open” where the photographers were asked to create images inspired by the originals. People really got into the styling, poses and hair and make up, and I had a blast being one of the judges. The other esteemed judges were musician Damien Jurado, his wife/manager/photographer, Sarah Jurado, photographer and co-founder of Landcameras.com Penny Felts, and Tali Edut, co-founder of Astrostyle.com. The two first place winners each get a snazzy, refurbished, just like new land camera, in addition to a subscription to BUST, the 2nd place winners get the BUST sub.
Below are the winners, which were judges on the following categories:
Reproduction:
Hair
Clothes
Pose
Overall Reproduction
Open:
Creativity
In the spirit of the original photos
Pose
Composition
1st place winner for Reproduction
Photographer: Juliane Ebert
Model: Cat Krämer
Location: Berlin Neukölln, Germany
1st place winner for Open:
Photographer: Lisa Predko
Model: Katie Sniadach
Location: Chicago, USA
Styling: Liz Klafeta
Hair & Makeup: Martina Sykes
Retouching: Sarah Crump
2nd place for Reproduction:
Photographer: J. Astra Brinkmann
Model: Brisa Elizabeth Wendt
Location: San Francisco, USA
2nd place for Open:
Photographer: Dauss Miller
Model: Paulina
Location: Carmel, IN
Photo-stylist, Makeup artist, and location scout: Kelly Oswalt
Clothes: Red Rose Vintage
Of course not contest would be complete without honorable mentions:
Photographer: Vienna Di Ruscio
Model: Vanessa Mannell
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
Photographer: Jena Ardell
Model: Barb
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Thank you to all the contestants, to view all the entries and see the originals that inspired the artists, as well as their comments on the process, go to http://landcameras.com/blog/results-the-ladies-of-polaroid/