Mazda Drivers Around the World Share Their Photos for 1991
Mazda has been putting on photography contests for images featuring their vehicles for decades now, but I think the entries were more interesting when the photographers were forced to use film cameras. Here's a Mazda magazine advertisement showing the winners of the Mazda Photo Contest '91. There are eight winners from Europe (including one from West Germany who shot an admirably battered Proceed truck), four from the United States, two from Asia, and one from Africa; two of the four American shots are of the recently introduced MX-5 Miata, while the others feature a 626 and an MPV.
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