Record number of entries - 139,554 images from 166 countries worldwide
Fresh and ground-breaking contemporary imagery by international photographers
Shortlisted work to go on show at London's Somerset House in May
Images available for publication at press.worldphoto.org or via Image.net
The shortlist for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, one of the world's leading photography competitions, is revealed today by the World Photography Organisation.
Photographers from 166 countries submitted nearly 140,000 images, the highest number of entries in the awards' seven year history. From the submissions the judges have selected an eclectic shortlist representing the very finest in international contemporary photography from the past 12 months.
The judges found within the submissions many stories which force the viewer to find something surprising within the everyday. Well-documented scenes were approached with fresh and ground-breaking photography styles and are set to inspire other photographers around the world.
W.M Hunt, Chair of the Honorary Jury, said that the shortlist is a healthy and diverse representation of contemporary photography by an international range of practitioners.
He added that the judges were a soulful and hardworking group who have given both emerging and established photographers a global platform on which they can be highlighted and celebrated.
To this Astrid Merget, Creative Director of the World Photography Organisation, also adds: I have had the pleasure of witnessing the careful selection and ultimate revelation of the shortlist for seven years now and the results are never less than utterly gratifying. Year upon year, we are fortunate enough to receive thousands of entries across each category of our awards, making the process of discovery an invigorating experience. This year is no exception and the awards have once again provided us with an impressive collection of photographs, spanning dozens of genres, styles, locations and subject matters.
All the shortlisted images will go on show at Somerset House, London, from 1-18 May as part of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. Tickets are now available at www.worldphoto.org/2014exhibition. The winning and finalist images will also be published in the 2014 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards book.
The winners of the Open and Youth categories will be announced on 18 March.
Professional category winners and the coveted L'Iris D'Or/ Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year title will be announced at a gala ceremony in London on 30 April.
The L'Iris D'Or winner will receive $25,000 (USD) and the Open Photographer of the Year will receive $5,000 (USD). All winners, including category winners, will receive the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony.
SHORTLIST
Professional Competition
The Professional categories were judged by the Honorary Jury made up of:
W.M Hunt, Strategist, US (Chair); Simon Barnett, Director of Photography, CNN Digital, US; Poorna Bell, Lifestyle Editor, The Huffington Post, UK; Hannah Brenchley, Picture Editor, Tatler, UK; Ruth Eichhorn, Director of Photography, GEO, Germany; Harry Hardie, Panos Pictures/ HERE Press, UK; Guy Harrington, Director, Soho Management, UK; Isabella Icoz, Art Advisor, Turkey; Johanna Neurath, Design Director for Thames & Hudson Publishing, UK and Matthew Pillsbury, Photographer, US.
Rules: Open to all photographers entering a body of work (minimum of three and maximum of 10 images per category). Judges were required to choose up to three finalists, from which one winner will be selected, and up to seven shortlisted photographers per professional category. The winners of the 14 Professional categories will be announced on 30 April 2014.
*Photographers are listed alphabetically
Architecture
Finalist
Sungseok Ahn, Korea
Ludovic Maillard, France
Herman Van Den Boom, Belgium
Shortlist
Peter Bucko, Slovakia
Axel Fassio, Italy
Nick Frank, Germany
Jakub Skokan, Czech Republic
Jan Stel, Netherlands
Gesche Wuerfel, United States
Arts & Culture
Finalist
Chloe Bartram, Australia
Viviana Peretti, Italy
Elisa Sturaro, Italy
Shortlist
Marcelo Del Pozo, Spain
Glenna Gordon, United States
Suvra Kanti Das, Bangladesh
Reiner Riedler, Austria
Mary Turner, United Kingdom
Campaign
Finalist
Morten Germund, Denmark
Spencer Murphy, United Kingdom
Shortlisted
Martin Brent, United Kingdom
George Logan, United Kingdom
Gonzaga Manso, Spain
Conceptual
Finalist
Thomas Brummett, United States
Hao Li, Taiwan
Frauke Thielking, Germany
Shortlist
Salvatore Calafato, Italy
Xutong Huang, China
Marcel van Nieuwenhuijsen, Netherlands
Yoshiharu Ota, Japan
Contemporary Issues
Finalist
Alejandro Cegarra, Venezuela
Stanislav Krupar, Czech Republic
Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, United States
Shortlisted
Javier Arcenillas, Spain
Kate Geraghty, Australia
Kacper Kowalski, Poland
Moritz Kuestner, Germany
Annalisa Natali Murri, Italy
Hiroto Sekiguchi, Japan
Christian Werner, Germany
Current Affairs
Finalist
Daniel Kitwood, United Kingdom
Guy Martin/Panos, United Kingdom
Esposito Salvatore, Italy
Shortlist
Mohammed Alshaikh, Bahrain
K. M. Asad, Bangladesh
Melissa Golden, United States
Mark Henley, Switzerland
Stacy Kranitz, United States
Ramin Mazur, Moldova
Mikhail Mordasov, Russia
Landscape
Finalist
Matthew Baum, United States
Roei Greenberg, Israel
Kacper Kowalski, Poland
Shortlist
Yukari Chikura, Japan
Emmanuel Coupe -Kalomiris, Greece
Axel Fassio, Italy
Jeremie Lenoir, France
Alma Photos, Italy
Arjen Schmitz, Netherlands
, China
Lifestyle
Finalist
Myriam Meloni, Italy
Michael Petrov, Russia
Esposito Salvatore, Italy
Shortlisted
Jean-Marc Caimi, Italy
Viktor Lyagushkin, Russia
Viviana Peretti, Italy
Iveta Vaivode, Latvia
Nature & Wildli
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Record number of entries - 139,554 images from 166 countries worldwide
