First Prize In World Contest

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30724, 13 April 1965, Page 24

First Prize In World Contest

A Christchurch woman, aged 77, has won a first prize in a world-wide photographic contest. There were 150,000 entries in the contest, and four first prizes were awarded.

Mrs B. G. Wright also won one of the 300 fourth prizes, and her first prize-winning colour slide “Deepening Shadows” also won the colour slide section of the New Zealand division of the contest.

Mrs Wright’s first place in the Asahi-Pentax world photographic contest gains her prizes worth about £485. These include the latest Asahi-Pentax Spotmatic camera, not yet available in New Zealand, and accessories valued at about £350. These include a wide angle lens, 135 mm, 300 mm, and 500 mm telephoto lenses, a filter, a special viewfinder, a meter worth £4O, and other items. Her fourth prize gains her an award certificate and special plaque, and her first prize in the New Zealand division is a trip to Fiji. Mrs Wright has been actively engaged in photography for only seven years, and her enthusiasm is shared

by her husband, Mr P. C. Wright. The couple frequently make trips to the Central Otago area to take photographs there.

One of the contest’s 20 second prizes was won by a Christchurch professional photographer, Mr L. C. Park, with a monochrome print, “Small Nude.” His prize is worth £165. It includes a £l2O camera, a telephoto lens, and a close-up lens.

Mr Park also won the New Zealand monochrome prints division with “Scramble,” and the prize for this is a trip to Fiji.

Third prize winners in the overall contest receive a viewfinder and two lenses. In the New Zealand division the first prize in all sections is a trip to Fiji, and the second prize in each section is a slide projector. The New Zealand division

of the contest was judged in the Dominion, the judges being Messrs F. L. Bowron and L. A. Thomas.

New Zealand place-getters in the contest were:— Overall results: Mrs B. G. Wright (Christchurch), “Deepening Shadows,” 1; L. C. Park (Christchurch), “Small Nude,” 2; W. N. Gleeman (Stratford), “Orchid Ballerina,” 2; G. W. Mansell (Auckland), “Wharf Study,” and J. E. van Uden (New Plymouth), “Performing Spiders,” 3; Mrs B. G. Wright (Christchurch), “Simple Beauty,” P. J. R. Christie (Welington), “Oriental Parade,” G. F. Gerber (Dunedin), “Joan.” C. W. Turner (Geraldine), “Water Spider,” and C. E. Barwell (Invercargill), “Mistletoe,” 4. Altogether the judges for the world-wide section of the contest awarded four first

prizes, 20 seconds, 60 thirds, and 300 fourths. New Zealand Division. — Monochrome prints: L. C. Park (Christchurch), “Scramble.” 1; C. E. Barwell (Invercargill), “Pied Shag,” 2. Colour slides: Mrs B. G. Wright (Christchurch), “Deepening Shadows,” 1; C. E. Barwell (Invercargill), “Farmer McDonald,” 2. Colour prints: N. Matheson Beaumont (Dunedin), “Carnival” and “Sally,” 1 and 2.