Above image © by Frank Hallam Day
Solms, Germany (June 22, 2012) – First prize in this year’s highly prestigious photography competition, the ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2012’, will go to U.S. photographer Frank Hallam Day. For his award-winning portfolio, entitled ‘Alumascapes’, he will receive a Leica M9-P camera and a lens worth approximately €10,000, as well as a cash prize of €5,000. The second winner in the competition is Piotr Zbierski from Poland. His portfolio, ‘Pass by Me’, will be bestowed the ‘Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award 2012’ and a Leica M9-P with lens. The prizes will be presented on July 3, 2012 at the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie photographic festival in Arles, in the south of France. All portfolios entered for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2012 can be viewed at www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com.
