The results of the 14th Salon Daguerre are now available. The judgment took place on May 6 and 7, 2022. It was carried out by Valérie Simonnet, Gautier Van Lieshout and Angelo Di Tommaso. We warmly thank them for their investment and their seriousness. The three judges rated each photo between 0 and 9. The final score of each digital photo is between 0 and 27 points. They judged, all categories combined, 4421 photos distributed as follows:
- Open Color: 1377 images – acceptance ratio: 24,69 %,
- Open Monochrome: 1281 images – acceptance ratio: 24,12 %,
- Cafe society: 384 images – acceptance ratio: 21,88 %,
- Fast forward: 751images – acceptance ratio: 23,7%,
- Negative space: 628 images – acceptance ratio: 24,2%.
The exhibition’s winners illustrate the diversity of the submissions. The best club is Chinese, the Shangtuf image and art club, the best author, Marcel Van Balken, Dutch, a photographer that many of you know for his impressive track record and because he was a judge at the Salon Daguerre in 2020. The best female author is Italian, Valentina d’Alia.
Many ribbons and medals were awarded to the photographs judged to be the best. 1063 photos were accepted for an average admission rate at the 24,4 %.
A large selection of accepted photos have been screened on Thursday June 16, 2022, at 8:30 p.m., in the Club’s premises, 28 ter rue Gassendi, in the 14th arrondissement in Paris.
Catalog and Gallery
A gallery with all accepted photos can be seen here. The catalog (PDF, 31MB) can be downloaded here:
Thank to all the participants for their submissions.