honorable mention
Steven Trent Smith united states
title
Disquieting
The first photograph shows siblings caught up in the fervency of a public demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran during the 1979 Hostage Crisis.
The second image was made in the summer of 1991 at Coram's Fields, a public park in London.
The third was shot in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in November 1969
The little girl in the shadow is dressed in her finery on Easter Sunday, 1991. Fitler Square, Philadelphia.
And the final photograph was made during the Flaming Foliage Festival, in Renovo, Pennsylvania, October 1969.
All images were shot on 35mm b&w film, and digitally scanned at 4000dpi. Basic retouching, spotting, cropping, and exposure refinements were made in Photoshop.
All the photographs he is submitting for consideration in the 2017 Neutral Density Photography Awards Competition were made on black & white film with 35mm still cameras. He has spent the past few years digitizing the original negatives at 4000dpi, and processing the images through Photoshop for spotting, cropping, and exposure adjustments.
Most of these images have never been exhibited publicly, but early last year Smith began to enter various photo contests in the U.S., and feels he's had modest success in this endeavor.
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entry description
This series of five images suggests that children's lives are full of disquieting moments.The first photograph shows siblings caught up in the fervency of a public demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran during the 1979 Hostage Crisis.
The second image was made in the summer of 1991 at Coram's Fields, a public park in London.
The third was shot in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in November 1969
The little girl in the shadow is dressed in her finery on Easter Sunday, 1991. Fitler Square, Philadelphia.
And the final photograph was made during the Flaming Foliage Festival, in Renovo, Pennsylvania, October 1969.
All images were shot on 35mm b&w film, and digitally scanned at 4000dpi. Basic retouching, spotting, cropping, and exposure refinements were made in Photoshop.
about the photographer
Steven Trent Smith is a four-time Emmy Award-winning cinematographer, now living in Northwest Montana, USA. Retiring in 2003, his TV career spanned 35 years, and took him to over 60 countries, working mainly for CBS News. He became interested in still photography when he was twelve, but never worked professionally in that medium. While on assignments for CBS he spent his leisure time photographing daily life on the streets of the various places he visited. His heroes include Robert Doisneau, W. Eugene Smith, Harry Callahan and his little known street photographs, and, of course, H.C-B.All the photographs he is submitting for consideration in the 2017 Neutral Density Photography Awards Competition were made on black & white film with 35mm still cameras. He has spent the past few years digitizing the original negatives at 4000dpi, and processing the images through Photoshop for spotting, cropping, and exposure adjustments.
Most of these images have never been exhibited publicly, but early last year Smith began to enter various photo contests in the U.S., and feels he's had modest success in this endeavor.
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