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ricktas
13-11-2015, 5:45pm
The Moran Portrait Prize is one of the pinnacles of portrait photography competitions in Australia, if not the Pinnacle one.

Here is a link to this year's winning photo : http://procounter.com.au/2015/11/05/moran-photographic-prize-winner-announced/

What do YOU think?

Steve Axford
13-11-2015, 6:07pm
I don't know what they've done to it, but that version of it looks like a holiday snap and I'm sure it must be better than that. I suspect that they have used a print version of it for screen display which makes it look very overexposed. The surf photo is the same, and again, I'm sure it's not.

macmich
13-11-2015, 6:18pm
Who was the judge his dad

I @ M
13-11-2015, 6:45pm
Who was the judge his dad

Did they actually have judges or did they simply go on facebook "likes"? :rolleyes:

MissionMan
13-11-2015, 6:47pm
Yeah, sorry, I don't know who the judges were but according to their definition, contemporary equals "best b grade iPhone photo".

I don't get it, I wouldn't pay $5 for that photo so I'm not quite sure how the judges picked it.

ricktas
13-11-2015, 6:50pm
The image and finalists on the Moran website : http://www.moranprizes.com.au/

JoPho
13-11-2015, 7:23pm
I really liked all of the winners, except the actual winner's.
Maybe they had a few wines and thought is was funny?

Hawthy
13-11-2015, 7:24pm
Well, a result like that certainly encourages me to enter photo contests. Could be half a chance.

Mark L
13-11-2015, 7:43pm
The Moran Portrait Prize is one of the pinnacles of portrait photography competitions in Australia, if not the Pinnacle one.

Here is a link to this year's winning photo : http://procounter.com.au/2015/11/05/moran-photographic-prize-winner-announced/

The photo in the story is winner of the 2015 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize.
The winner of the of the Moran Portait Prize is at top ...... Moran Portait Prize

Even so the contemporary photo doesn't look overly contemporary.

Laosie
13-11-2015, 8:58pm
He picked up 50 grand for that image! Nice work! This photography malarkey is obviously much easier than I thought.

If you need me I'll be rummaging though my box of holiday happy snaps looking for a suitable entry for next years competition. There's a couple of whimsical yet still contemporary shots from the Big Prawn at Ballina that I reckon will fit the bill very nicely indeed.

Mark L
13-11-2015, 10:41pm
The winner of the of the Moran Portrait Prize is at top ...... Moran Portrait Prize


The link didn't appear, so here is the Moran Portrait Prize winner link (hopefully) ...http://www.moranprizes.com.au/gallery/portrait

farmmax
13-11-2015, 11:41pm
Sorry, can't take to the Contemporary winning photo. It looks like a snapshot to me. All the other prize winners are fine and it is not hard to find merit in them. The main Moran Portrait winner I like very much.

ShowTiyme
14-11-2015, 12:46am
Umm aah....

There are no words...

enseth
14-11-2015, 7:21am
Well this competition result just reinforces my beliefs on how subjective judging photography can be. (In a big way.)

Morgo
14-11-2015, 9:58am
Looks like the sort of shot someone would take with a phone in passing and not think twice about it.

Guess I'll never have any chance of winning that competition, I don't really do the happy snap shots much less consider entering one into a competition.

Mark L
14-11-2015, 11:29pm
Looks like the sort of shot someone would take with a phone in passing and not think twice about it.


mmmm, maybe that sums up contemporary??

torro
17-11-2015, 8:04pm
Think the judges liked the idea but is it a winner?

martycon
17-11-2015, 11:29pm
The Wave must have won. Just a clerical error.