Results Of Grey Matters Photo Challenge 07

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The Judging of the Grey Matters Photo Challenge 07 was carried out at Basheer Gallery on 7 April 07 with Judges:

Mr Wayne Umehara

Mr Bernard Teo

Dr P N Chong


The public judging of the entries was done without making know the names of the participants to the panel of judges. A total of 28 sets of entries were submitted by a total of 30 participants. The judges went through 2 rounds of judging to select the winners : Gold, Silver, Bronze and 3 x merit awards.

Before you scroll down for the winning images...we have some admin announcement to make:

1. All winning entries, including the 6 awardees and the people whose images are chosen for the exhibition, will not be getting your negatives back as yet. We'll be organising a separate meeting on 19 April 07, Thursday, 7pm at Cafe F Stop to discuss about the exhibition with all of you. Please see your email for more details.

2. For the other who did not win in the Photo Challenge, you can collect your negatives and prints at Cafe F Stop, 19 Apr 07, Thursday from 7 to 9pm. Negatives not collected will be disposed off in a week's time.

Circle of Light and the Grey Matters Organising team would like to express our gratitude to the following sponsors for their generosity in their sponsorship:

1. Ruby Photos for sponsoring the Ilford film for the event. www.rubyphotos.comsg
2. Cafe F Stop for providing the registration and event venue.
3. Basheer Bookstore, for their generosity to host the judging event and exhibition in their Gallery at 4th floor Bras Basah Complex.
4. Mr Jeffrey Yap, Agent for 8banners in Singapore for prize sponsorship. www.flickr.com/photos/8banners
5. Mr Ho Chiif Fei, Sole Agent for Voigtlander products in Singapore. www.chiifcameras.com
6. BenPhotos, Sole distributor for Benro products in Singapore for prize sponsorship.
7. Mr Nathaniel, from www.ppcponline.com for prize sponsorship.
8. The Judges who took precious time to assist with the task of judging te entries. Mr Wayne Umehara, Mr Bernard Teo and Dr P N Chong.
9. And all volunteers who have made this event possible : Atan Chua, Germaine Yong, Benjamin Tan, Christina Chen, Calvin Ng, Jeffrey Yap, Kirk Thorsteinson, Phoa K M, Knight Ong and Andy Leong.

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Gold Award : JEFFREY YAP (jcryan55)
Prize : 1 x 8banners 6x6 Ma Pinhole camera



Silver Award : DANIEL NEO (Ansel)
Prize : 1 x $200 voucher from www.chiifcameras.com



Gold Award : NICOLE QUEK WEE KENG (Swimcraze)
Prize : 1 x Benro Tripod Set

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The 3 Merit Award winners are (not in order of merits) :



Merit Award winner : CHRISTINA CHEN (eyes1997)
Prize : 1 x $55 e-voucher from www.ppcponline.com




Merit Award winner : KRISHNA (NMK)
Prize : 1 x $55 e-voucher from www.ppcponline.com



Merit Award winner : ANNETTE BUCHAN
Prize : 1 x $55 e-voucher from www.ppcponline.com

There will be an exhibition coming up to showcase all the winners' works. Inaddition, the judges have also selected outstanding images of honourable mention whom will also be featured in the GREY MATTERS PHOTO EXHIBITION 07.

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Below are the selected images for feature in the upcoming exhibition....Listed not in order of merits as well.....











Congratulations to the following people:

1. Bradley J Gardner
2. Robert Tay Wee Beng (loBert)
3. Ronnie Siew
4. Benjamin Leong
5. Phoa Kim Meng (PhoaKM)
6. Chew Kee Seng (CHSKEE)
7. Yuwono K Rahman
8. Jayme Ng

[phoakm]

Congrates Bro!

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[jcryan55]

I like this shot during the judging best. The judges were so engrossed and deep in thoughts during the judging process.....
FYI, if you may not have known, Dr P N Chong is aka Student in CS.
He's one of the judges for the Grey Matters Photo Challenge

[wazzup]

Yup, noticed him inside when I saw the images. Haven't seen him for a few months myself

[vortex]

Great images!!

[CooperS]

*APPLAUSE*

[MoodsMM]

grats to you! see you real soon!

[ymmijP13]

ah.. nice images, interesting event!!

i see u've won ur own cam..

[vortex]

Originally Posted by ymmijP13 ah.. nice images, interesting event!! i see u've won ur own cam..

[Lenscapes]

Originally Posted by ymmijP13 ah.. nice images, interesting event!! i see u've won ur own cam..

own camera?

[jcryan55]

ya....pretty ironic....i sponsored the prize and I win the prize. Back to square one. lol

Thank God the judging was done in anonymity where the judges are not made known who is the photographer for each set of photos they judged.

[ryuggen]

congra jeff.

It only shows that your work is recognised.

[friends]

Wow..This competition on Grey matters has raised the Black and white photography standard.

We must thank to the organiser hard work.

Congratulate....

[gommy]

Excellent works! Make me want to do Black & White again....

[vortex]

here's an article that came out in Photoi on the Grey Matters competition

**click to view large readable version**