The best photos of the year taken with bad and cheap cameras

A few days ago, an exhibition of works by the winners of the annual Krappy Kamera photo contest closed at the Soho Photo Gallery in New York. According to the organizers, the task of the contest is to show that expensive equipment is not a key factor for really good and talented photography.

This year's winners were American photographers Kim Sho and Deanna Foran and New Zealander Eddie Wexler. Several works were awarded special mention by the jury — for example, a photograph by Ukrainian photographer Armen Dolukhanyan.

The main condition for participating in the photo contest is to use inexpensive cameras like Holga, Diana or Ansco, and cheap lenses.

(22 photos in total)

Source: sohophoto.com

Photo: Kim Shaw. 1st place. Taken with a Holga camera.

Photo: Eddie Wexler. 2nd place, taken with a Diana camera.

Photo: DeAnna Foran. 3rd place, taken with a Diana camera.

Photo: John Armstrong. Special mention of the jury, filmed on Holga.

Photo: Darlene DeVita. Special mention of the jury, shot on Canon, Lensbaby lens.

Photo: Armen Dolukhanyan. Special mention of the jury, shot on a stenop (or pinhole) — a camera without a lens, the role of which is performed by a small hole.

Photo: Ian MacLellan. Special mention of the jury, filmed on pinhole.

Photo: Ben Livne Weitzman. Special mention of the jury, filmed on pinhole.

Photo: Julie Mihaly. The Diana camera.

Photo: Bill Moy. Pinhole camera.

Photo: Kate Oiseau. Holga camera.

Photo: Betty Press. Holga camera.

Photo: Jennifer Rinchey. Holga camera.

Photo: Louise Russell. Pinhole camera.

Photo: Gregory Russo. Holga camera.

Photo: Luke Seward. Holga camera.

Photo: Ryan Synovec. Holga camera.

Photo: Ed Shrider. The Diana camera.

Photo: Jacqueline Walters. Holga camera.

Photo: Anna Soper. Holga camera.

Photo: Jonas Yip. Holga camera.

Photo: Paula Kelly. Audience Award, filmed on Holga.