3d prize!

I was surprised yesterday when I leafed through the recent issue of French magazine Réponses Photo: suddenly I hit upon a double page with three of my own pictures! Apparently I had won 3d prize in the Réponses Photo/Riedisheim/Epson photo competition "Visions d'Europe". I had been completely unaware of it. The prize comes with an Epson R1900 printer and with an opportunity to exhibit at the Semain de Photo, late March, at Riedisheim (Mulhouse). The jury received 150 portfolios, selected 20 photographers for the finals and awarded three prizes. First prize was for Jacques Delplan, another Belgian, and second for Anthony Ceccarelli from France. The jury on the Capitals portfolio: "An elephant in Budapest, a swan in the snows of Bratislava, a lady looking wistfully across the frozen sea at Helsinki. Philippe has travelled through Europe with his panoramic Horizon 220 and brought back a series of mellow and intriguing images, where space and melancholy meet to a create a beautiful atmosphere. A very accomplished, silent road movie ..."