Charles Ford
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Milan"

Woman window shopping at a wig shop in Milan

Biography: A commercial and portrait photographer for most of my career, I’ve always had a love for documenting the world around me and looking for the visual narratives of people relating to each other and their surroundings. In 2023 I picked up my Leica M6 again after many years and loaded it with Tri-X. Having become spoiled by the ease of digital cameras and iPhones, shooting film again was invigorating and reopened a creative challenge and passion I had long forgotten.