Author Archives: Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Get your official 12×12 T-shirt now!

Posted by on December 18, 2010 at 5:40 pm.

Finally, after way too long, they are here: The Official 12×12 Vancouver Photo Marathon t-shirts. And you can get one (or two, or three) of your very own. Just visit our store and place your order. This first extremely limited run is printed on black Gildan Ultra Cotton shirts in sizes S, M, L and [...]

2010 Audience Picks

Posted by on October 21, 2010 at 10:00 am.

To supplement the judges’ picks for the official winners of the 2010 12×12 Vancouver Photo Marathon we also asked the attendees of Raw Talent 2010 to fill out a ballot aptly called “You Be The Judge” and pick their own favourites. The response was massive and we have meticulously counted all the ballots to bring [...]

2010 Winning Photos

Posted by on October 20, 2010 at 3:08 pm.

For 2010 we had 60 participants whereof 57 returned a film at the end of the day and 56 rolls were printable. From these 670+ photos our judges were asked to pick a winner and a runner-up for Best Series and Best Photo, and also pick one winner for each of the 12 themes. Without [...]

Raw Talent 2010 – The Speech

Posted by on October 20, 2010 at 2:16 pm.

On September 12th 2010, a typically rainy Vancouver Sunday, 60 photographers rolled themselves out of bed way too early in the morning and made their way to Blenz Coffee in Yaletown. With them they brought 35mm cameras and other equipment resurrected from a state of prolonged disuse. And one of them even brought huge crates [...]

Raw Talent Timelapse, part II – Setup and Show

Posted by on October 19, 2010 at 6:43 pm.

To give you a behind-the-scenes look at the show we let a timelapse camera run during the 10 hour setup for Raw Talent 2010. For good measure we left the camera to run during the exhibit itself as well. What you see here is the result.

Raw Talent 2010 – Timelapse

Posted by on October 18, 2010 at 7:31 pm.

By John Biehler

Learning for the Learned – from Pearson

Posted by on October 14, 2010 at 11:00 am.

Like last year, our good friends at Pearson Technology Group (follow them on Twitter @ptgcanada) have once again shipped us a box of photo books for our winners. For those who don’t know, Pearson is the mothership that drives well known educational book series like the Sams (Teach Yourself) and QUE to name a couple. [...]

Gorillapod Twitter Contest Winners Announced!

Posted by on October 13, 2010 at 11:00 am.

You may remember we ran a Twitter contest in the weeks leading up to the 12×12 Vancouver Photo Marathon in collaboration with Joby, creators of the very cool and versatile Gorillapods. Well, the idea was to give away five Gorillapod Originals to five lucky people who followed @jobyinc and @12x12yvr and retweeted a simple message. [...]

12×12 on Urban Rush

Posted by on October 12, 2010 at 4:52 pm.

This morning we headed downtown to the Shaw tower to shoot a segment for Shaw TV’s Urban Rush with Fiona Forbes and Michael Eckford. The subject: Raw Talent 2010: The 12×12 Vancouver Photo Marathon Exhibit which happens Saturday October 16th from 6-10pm (free event, click here for more details and to RSVP). Fiona, Mike and [...]

Clark on 12x12yvr

Posted by on October 12, 2010 at 3:07 pm.

So I come home from an interview with Urban Rush and what do I find in my Twitter feed but a link to this awesome video featuring Clark Lundeen – participant #50 from this year’s event by Steve Tan. It’s a great little sit-down with one of our participants and it gives a nice glimpse [...]