Photo competition 2015: All winners from the Czech Republic

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22. 8. 2016 - Roman Ordelt

The traditional Photo competition was announced at the occasion of 45th Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2015. Verdict of an international panel awarded Czech photographers all prizes. This competition was in the past won mostly by foreign photographers. Absolute winner is a motor sport photographer Daniel Šimek from Napajedla. Prizes were donated by companies - FOKAPO, printing of photo books and calendars, RALLY MODELS - Antonín Babík, JNK Studio Zlín - manufacturing and distribution of videotapes, and company ALITRON CZ, s.r.o. prepared for the winner a year-long subscription of a specialized motor sport magazine RALLY.

Auto club Barum Zlín in cooperation with ZLIN PRESS production agency announced again the Photo competition in a join category for professionals and amateurs in only one category - digital photo. Panel of experts making up of Miloslav Regner (Clerk of Barum Czech Rally Zlín), Roman Ordelt (ZLIN PRESS production), Ing. Jan Regner (Deputy of the Clerk) and eleven members of international panel awarded three money winning photographers and five recognitions.

'For three years the main prize went abroad, while twice won a photographer from Hungary. Last year, we only evaluated photos by Czech photographers, but the competition is very popular among foreigners as we received many pictures from them. We are very happy with photos quality and the international panel with many figures of rally world came to the same conclusion as we did,' said Miloslav Regner, head of the panel and Clerk of Barum Czech Rally Zlín.

The international panel was composed of Bram Degrave (Belgium, reporter), Endre Dudás (Hungary, reporter, photographer), Martin Husár (Czech Republic, photographer), Catie Munnings (Great Britain, co-driver), Carlo Pastorelli (Italy, cameraman and editor), Florjan Rus (Slovenia, co-driver), Joakim Sjöberg (Sweden, co-driver), Waclaw Stawiarski (Poland, logistician), Frank Tore Larsen (Norway, driver), Onur Vatansever (Turkey, co-driver) a Martine Victor (Luxembourg, co-driver).

It is very pleasing to see the positive response this competition has among motor sport fans and the quality of submitted photographs is constantly rising. Overall 636 photographs by 185 photographers were submitted for the photo competition 2015! Aside from three main prizes, panel recognize five other photographers.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY:
1^st prize Daniel Šimek
Napajedla – 1 000 CZK

2^nd prize Tomáš Brázdil
Otrokovice – 600 CZK

3^rd prize David Jeřábek
Náchod – 400 CZK

Recognized photographers:
Radek Caga, Trnávka
Jakub Daniel Machálek, Ratiboř
Zdeněk Kolář, Praha
Michal Ševčík, Lípa
Zdeněk Knapík, Otrokovice

We congratulate all awarded photographers and look forward for the contributions for the newly announced Photo competition of Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2016!