VIEWPOINT INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

FEBRUARY 2026 COMPETITION WINNER

Greg McDonald (USA)

"Horrified B-Movie Victims"​

Artist Statement:

The terrified nameless citizenry of 1950s b-movies are caught in horrified poses as they scream, flee and try to shoot their way out of certain death from off-screen monsters, natural disasters, giant crickets and alien landings.

I’ve always been intrigued by the artifice and histrionics of acting styles from old low budget sci-fi and horror b-movies. A blonde dame puts her hands up to her head and lets out a primordial scream, shaking her head in a close up as the giant lizard man approaches her. The non-stop mugging of a grimacing astronaut in a Halloween grade costume being zapped with a laser by the bug-eyed martian. The contorted facial acrobatics of the scared scientist as he battles a 2000 year old extinct dead fish that he accidentally brought back to life.

There is something about being so fake, yet totally believable in an unbelievable way that I just love. 

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Price: $600