Freckles

• Prize
  Gold in People/Portrait
• Photographer
  Judith Minks
• Agency / Studio
  Judith Minks Photography
• Technical Info
  Canon 5D Mark II with Sigma 50mm F4,0
• Photo Date
  Between Sept. 2017 and Sept. 2019
• Website
  https://www.judithminks.nl

Judith her fascination for freckles led to the start of a project in 2017 where she portrayed people with freckles from all parts of the Netherlands using the “beautiful northern light” and a simple studio set-up. Freckled volunteers were photographed in one of her two homes in Harlingen and Vlieland. Princess Alexia did not respond to her invitation to join the project, but with those beautiful freckles, she would have fit in perfectly! Finally, now that the project is completed, more than 150 people have been portrayed. Beauty spots, brown sugar, tips of steel nerves … just to name a few.

• Biography
  Minks creates cinematic photos, staged in her studio with elaborately detailed sets of daily life in created interiors, a Hotel room or even a stable with a rather alienated and uneasy quietude. "I have always been fascinated by the still image because you can take the time to discover every detail." With her rather alienated and uncomfortable images with their immaculately staged lighting and sombre, solitary figures, it becomes clear that Gregory Grewdson and Edward Hopper are both great examples for her. The images Minks creates are based on her own memories, experiences and fantasies.
• Awards
  2020 November: ND Awards International Photography Contest Honorable Mention in the category Fine Art/Conceptual for "HotelRoom" 2020 November: ND Awards International Photography Contest Honorable Mention in the category Fine Art/Conceptual for "Moments in Time" 2020 Oktober: IPA International Photography Awards Winner in the category People/Other 2020 September: 15th Pollux Award Honorable Mention in the category Open theme 2020 June: MIFA The Moscow International Photo Awards Honorable Mention in the category Fine Art/Portrait 2020 May: 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Winner in the category Open Theme Honorable Mention in the category Fine Art 2019 November: PH21 Gallery, Budapest Honorable Mention in the contest Staged 2018 oktober: Julia Margaret Cameron Award Winner in the category Portraits Honorable Mention in the category Fine Art 2018 May: Barcelona International Photography Award Finalist 2018 March: 11th Pollux Award Runner Up in the category Portraits 2017 June: 2nd Charles Dodsons Award Honorable Mention in the category Portraits 2016 November: 9th Pollux Award Finalist in the category Fine Art 2015: two prizes Nikon-NRC photo contest 6th prize in the NRC-Nikon photo contest of February 2015 with the theme “At home” and a 3rd prize in April 2015 with the theme “Love”