Grand prize winners announced for the world s largest photography competition - 06 Sony World Photography Awards
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Winners selected from a record-breaking 230,103 entries from 186 countries
All winners and shortlist to be exhibited at Somerset House, London 22 April - 8 May
Images available for publication at press.worldphoto.org or Image.net
The Jury were united in their admiration of the Photographer of the Year's work and the light it sheds on the tragic practice it exposes. Dominique Green, Chair, Documentary Jury
London, 21st April 2016: The overall winners of the world's largest photography competition, the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards, are named today by the World Photography Organisation. An exhibition of all the winning and shortlisted work will run at Somerset House, London from 22nd April - 8th May.
Following a record-breaking 230,103 submissions to its ninth edition, the awards' Honorary Judging Committee has selected Iranian photojournalist Asghar Khamseh as the recipient of its most coveted prize, the L'Iris d'Or Photographer of the Year.
Chosen from the winners of the awards' fourteen Professional categories, the winning work, Fire of Hatred', is a powerful portrait series tackling the social issues around the violent act of acid throwing. Khamseh was announced as the winner of the $25,000 (USD) prize at an awards ceremony in London in front of industry leaders. The winners and finalists of all fourteen Professional categories were also announced at the ceremony.
At the ceremony, the World Photography Organisation announced Kei Nomiyama, Japan, as the Open Photographer of the Year and recipient of $5,000 (USD). In addition, the organisation announced the winners of the Youth and Student Focus Photographer of the Year titles. All winners of the night received the latest Sony digital imaging equipment.
Scott Gray, CEO, World Photography Organisation comments: The awards consistently provide an incredible array of work, from a multitude of countries, and most importantlyprovide the chance for photographers to be discovered and extend their careers. I hope that the winning work this year can provide an inspiration to other photographers, helping to push their creative boundaries, whilst also serving to build the wider appreciation of photography.
The Sony World Photography Awards annually recognises the world's best photography. Free to enter and open to all photographers, the awards are an authoritative voice in the photographic industry that has the power to shape the careers of its winning and shortlisted photographers.
L'IRIS D'OR PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - ASGHAR KHAMSEH
Born in Tehran in 1963, Asghar Khamseh is a photojournalist with Mehr News Agency, Iran, whose work focuses on social issues.
The winning series Fire of Hatred' is a powerful series of portraits of the victims of acid attacks. This beautiful yet thought-provoking work examines the social issues around this violent crime - looking past the physical and psychological damages suffered, and towards the social stigma and blame the victims, who are mainly women and children, suffer.
Dominique Green, Chair, Documentary Jury said of the work: Portraits of disfigurement resulting from social violence are undoubtedly a hard-hitting subject, and one which the longstanding tradition of documentary photography does not shy away from. The power of Asghar Khamseh's imposing series Fire of Hatred' is such that he enables the viewer to face head-on intimate images, which could be testing to examine closely, with empathy and respect which in turn allows the viewer to become a witness and not just a spectator. The Jury were united in their admiration of this work and the light it shed on the tragic practice it exposes.
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY WINNERS AND FINALISTS
The winners of the seven Documentary and seven Art categories hail from 10 countries and, for the first time, two Professional categories have been won by one photographer in the same year. Photographers were judged on a body of work.
ART CATEGORIES
Architecture winner: Am lie Labourdette, France
2nd - Hui Zhang, China / 3rd - Stephan Zirwes, Germany
Candid winner - Kirstin Schmitt, Germany
2nd - Nick Ng, Malaysia / 3rd - Andrea Rossato, Italy
Conceptual winner - Julien Mauve, France
2nd - Alejandro Beltran, Venezuela / 3rd - Barbaros Kayan, Turkey
Landscape winner: Maroesjka Lavigne, Belgium
2nd Maoyuan Cui, China / 3rd Stefan Schlumpf, Switzerland
oPortraiture winner: Marcello Bonfanti, Italy
2nd Fauzan Ijazah, Indonesia / 3rd Rub n Salgado Escudero, Spain
oStaged winner: Alberto Alicata, Italy
2nd Cristina Vatielli, Italy / 3rd Kristoffer Eliassen, Norway
Still Life winner: Francesco Amorosino, Italy
2nd Oliver Schwarzwald, Germany / 3rd Hiroshi Watanabe, Japan
DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES
Campaign winner: Jetmir Idrizi, Kosovo
2nd - David Chancellor, UK / 3rd - Antoine Repess , France
Contemporary Issues winner - Asghar Khamseh, Iran
2nd - Kevin Frayer, Canada / 3rd - Simona Ghizzoni, Italy
Current Affairs winner - Angelos Tzortzinis, Greece
2nd - Andrea and Magda, Italy & France / 3rd - Andrew Burton, USA
oDaily Life winner: Espen Rasmussen, Norway
2nd Sandra Hoyn, Germany / 3rd Stephanie Sinclair, USA
Environment winner: Kevin Frayer, Canada
2nd Li Feng, China / 3rd Lucy Nicholson, UK
People winner: Kevin Frayer, Canada
2nd Filippo Venturi, Italy / 3rd Alessandro DAngelo, Italy
Sport winner: Nikolai Linares, Denmark
2nd Jens Juul, Denmark / 3rd Annick Donkers, Belgium
OPEN PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - KEI NO
LINK: | http://presscentre.sony.eu/pressreleases/grand-prize-winners-announced... |
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