WINNERS

Steps In Grain

  • Photographer
    Manfred Gruber, Austria
  • Prize
    Architecture Best New Talent / Gold Winner in Architecture/Other

Three locations, three perspectives, one mechanical heartbeat. This series deconstructs the Viennese escalator into its core elements of lines, light, and silver grain. Moving from a 15mm depth to a 50mm detail, 'Steps in Grain' captures the industrial soul of the city’s movement on Ilford HP5. 1. photo - Depth (Ilford HP5+ @400 | Nikon F3 | Laowa 15mm f/4 Macro | B+W Yellow 495 | f/11 | 4s) 2. photo - Wide (Ilford HP5+ @400 | Nikon F3 | Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 Ai-S | B+W Yellow 495 | f/8 | 1/30s) 3. photo - Detail (Ilford HP5+ @400 | Nikon F3 | Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 Ai-S Pancake | f/8 | 1/125s)