The Prize 1
by Leanne Seymour
Title
The Prize 1
Artist
Leanne Seymour
Medium
Photograph - Photography Digital Card Poster
Description
This is a photo of a very old camera that I won as first prize in a children's art show that was run by the Coca Cola Bottlers Club, which was a radio childrens' show that I was very involved in as an approximately 13-14 year old with my older sister. It's a Kodak Brownie flash camera which has Starflash Camera written on the front. Now I don't remember exactly when I won this, but imagine it was around 1960 give or take a year. I was extremely proud as well as somewhat surprised when I heard of my winning this contest and receiving this camera as a result.
My sister and I often attended the live shows of this childrens' radio club and occasionally we sang together (on the radio), since we did a pretty good job of harmonizing together, particularly to the Everly Brothers' songs. I used this camera right up into my adulthood until I graduated to the more modern style of camera.
Still now I choose to keep this camera as a memorabilia of that special moment in my life, when my art was being recognised by the outside world for the first time, as well as a possible keepsake for one of my grandchildren. I remember painting a landscape with lots of trees for this competition, with trees being one of my favorite things to draw and paint at the time of my life.
That was such a long time ago......56 years ago, more or less......and have loved adding some digital textures to this image to commemorate its significance to me.
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June 21st, 2016
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