WINNERS

State Portrait

  • Photographer
    Mur Sámson Elek, Hungary
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

'State Portrait' is a multi-exposure photograph created with a 3D-printed camera obscura. In the background, we can see a montage of the Hungarian Parliament. In the middle there is a cube with me inside it. This special effect, which creates a three-dimensional illusion, is achieved by using 3D-printed masks placed directly onto the photo paper. The first mask covered the central cube, allowing exposures to be made through four pinholes in four different positions. After this, I swapped the mask in the darkroom to cover the Parliament montage, allowing me to expose the portrait in the center.