Starcom MediaVest’s Andrew Speed wins The Sun-Herald’s 3D photo competition

The Sun-Herald has announce the winner of its Experience More competition for media agency personnel with Andrew Speed from Starcom Mediavest in Melbourne winning the top prize of a Samsung 3D TV. Speedy took his winning photo on the Eureka Skydeck at Eureka Tower in Melbourne. He’s reading the Sun-Herald with a friend inside ‘The Edge Experience’, a glass cube extending outwards from the building 88 floors above the street below.

The judges chose Speedy’s photo because it made best use of the competition’s entry criteria stipulating that anyone working in a media agency could submit a photo of themselves “experiencing more” with The Sun-Herald newspaper. Entrants could submit a photo of themselves enjoying any type of activity – from sport to holidays, partying or just out and about – as long as they also feature a copy of The Sun-Herald in the shot.  

Speedy said: “I’d always wanted to experience the thrill of ‘The Edge Experience but I’m pretty terrified of heights.”

On the evening of the competition closing date, he thought a photo taken inside The Edge Experience might make a good entry, so, armed with a copy of The Sun-Herald, he rode the elevator to the Eureka Skydeck and had his picture taken inside the glass cube just after dark.

There were two runners up in the competition: Stuart Carr from Bellamy Hayden in Sydney, and Alan Chung also from Starcom Mediavest, Melbourne.

All the entries can be viewed here.