Leica Camera Announces Leica X Vario City Challenge’s Winners and Runners Up

Leica Camera Announces…

X VARIO CITY CHALLENGE
GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Mike Selsky wins a LEICA X VARIO & other cool prizes!

#XVarioChallenge

• This is an update to the previous blog, Leica X Vario City Challenge: Leica Photo Contest 2013 in New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles and Miami.
• Leica fans in four USA cities— New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles and Miami—were invited to shoot with a Leica X Vario for 4 hours during the City Challenge.
  • Participants submitted their carefully chosen photo into the competition and fans voted for their favorite image from each city via Facebook.
  • Leica would like to thank the following five acclaimed judges who decided on the ultimate Grand Prize Winner of the X Vario City Challenge:
    • Miriam Leuchter (Popular Photography/American Photo),
    • Marc Babej (Art Photographer & Columnist),
    • Dan Havlik (PDN & Rangefinder),
    • Stash (legendary street artist), and
    • Roland Wolff (Leica’s VP of Marketing and Corporate Retail).

• The Grand Prize Winner for the Leica X Vario City Challenge receives a Leica X Vario camera (valued at $2,850), a private reception for friends and family at their local Leica store, a digital photo exhibit at their local Leica store, and a special guest series on the Leica blog in 2014.
  • Leica announces Mike Selsky as the Grand Prize Winner of the X Vario City Challenge, an exciting Leica Camera photo competition that delighted photography fans across the country.
    
    • Selsky is a photographer that shoots as much as he can, from technical landscapes to fashion.
    • He enjoys the hunt for strange and obscure imagery in urban Los Angeles and frequents the deserts and forests of California, looking for interesting moments to capture.
    • He hosts the photographic journal 2WK and is one part of DAAAF, a new design and photographic collective.
    • The winning image can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.215854808595076.1073741860.130509863796238&type=3

• Second, Third, and Fourth National runners up receive other Leica cameras as their prize.
  • City winners and runners up receive other fun Leica prizes.

• X Vario City Challenge winners and runners up from each city include:

  • LA:
    Grand Prize National Winner – Mike Selsky
    First Runner Up – Christian Sosa
    Second Runner Up – Farzad Mirshafiei
  • Washington, DC:
    Second Place National Winner – Jocelyn Augustino
    First Runner Up – Joseph Arenas
    Second Runner Up – Marek Hnizda
  • Miami:
    Third Place National Winner – Osley Perez
    First Runner Up – Daniel Dyer
    Second Runner Up – Andrea Arevalo
  • New York:
    Fourth Place National Winner – Christopher Ryan Echevarria
    First Runner Up – Dwayne Lutchna
    Second Runner Up – Roland Andrijauskas

Congratulations! / Félicitations!