L. Chaussée Wins Four Awards in 1839 Color Photography Contest

PADA member L. Chaussée has earned a remarkable sweep in the 1839 Awards Color Photography Contest, taking home three Gold medals and a Silver across four categories in the Professional division.

Her Gold in Film / Analog went to Nature Study. In her own words: "Nature Study examines a constructed landscape and representation of the natural world, where architecture, commerce, and place converge in an unexpected way. Photographed in medium format with a Rolleiflex 2.8F on Kodak Portra 400." Fellow PADA member Ariel Swartley offered this response: "I was particularly delighted by your Film / Analog winner — which was kind of story telling too, but in a single frame."

The Minimalism Gold went to an image in the series Material Tension. Chaussée writes: "Material Tension explores the stillness and material presence of concrete architecture reduced to surface, mass, and interval. Made with a Rolleiflex 2.8 on Kodak Portra, the series considers monumentality through quiet form and restrained observation."

Material Tension by L. Chaussée

Her third Gold, in Story Telling, recognized an image in the series Newton Street: "Created over two winters, Newton Street observes seasonal rituals in modest Southern California neighborhoods, where Christmas inhabits a landscape of bright daylight, washed color, and ordinary suburban space. Photographed in medium format with a Rolleiflex 2.8F on Kodak Portra 400."

Newton Street by L. Chaussée

Rounding out the recognition, Still Rooms No. 1 earned Silver in the Still Life category. Congratulations to her on this outstanding achievement.

Still Rooms No. 1 by L. Chaussée

Posted by Paul Anderson. Written by Paul Anderson with assistance from claude.ai