0 Sony World Photography Awards Profeional and Open shortlists announced

The World Photography Organisation today reveals the shortlists for the Professional, Open and Youth categories of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.

In a year that saw over 122,000 entries from 170 countries the highest number of submissions to date - the judges have selected a shortlist of photographs that stood out beyond all others for their impressive high quality, originality and modern appeal. Topics ranged from haunting shots of the Syrian conflict to the Obama presidential campaign; an intimate study of cinema-goers in Kabul to quirky and witty shots of the animal kingdom.

Bringing together the very best international contemporary photography, the shortlist offers a unique insight into 2012 through the eyes of some of the world's best emerging and established photography talents. Photographers returning to the awards include: Javier Arcenillas (Spain); Robin Hammond (New Zealand) and Paolo Pellegrin (Italy). Exciting up-and-coming photographers new to the awards include Ed Kashi (USA) and Andrea Gjestvang (Norway).

The Honorary Jury, which selected the Professional shortlist, was chaired by Catherine Chermayeff, Director of Special Projects at Magnum Photos. She comments: What an invigorating three days - which resulted in lively and passionate debates. I think we, the jurors, all began this process and felt overwhelmed. I am delighted to say that by day three, each group proudly presented and argued for our respective shortlists and found surprising strength in the shortlist submissions across all categories.

Astrid Merget, Creative Director of the World Photography Organisation, adds: The World Photography Organisation is dedicated to finding the best international contemporary photography from across the world. The shortlist is a clear indication of the exciting photography which is out there and, as we do every year, we are looking forward to presenting this collection of photographers to a global audience.

The work of all the shortlisted photographers will be exhibited at Somerset House, London, from 26 April 12 May as part of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. The images will also be published in the 2013 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards book.

The Open and Youth category winners will be announced on 19 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 25 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

Honorary Jury

Presiding Chair: Catherine Chermayoff (USA), Director of Special Projects at Magnum Photos

Chairs: Edmund Clark (UK) Photographer; Tim Paton (UK), Managing Director, Balcony Jump; Francesca Sears (UK), Director, Panos Profile at Panos Pictures and Monica Suder (Germany) Photographic Consultant and Coach

Additional Jury: Juana de Aizpuru (Spain), Gallery Director, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru; Chien-Chi Chang (Taiwan) Magnum Photographer; Brandei Estes (France), Assistant Director, Galerie Nelson Freeman; Macduff Everton (USA), Photographer; Caroline Metcalfe (UK), Director of Photography, Conde Nast Traveller: Andrew Sanigar (UK), Commissioning Editor, Thames & Hudson and Fiona Shields (UK), Picture Editor, The Guardian.

The Honorary Jury were required to choose a minimum of three and a maximum of 10 photographers per category. Photographers entered a minimum of three and maximum of 10 images per category and were judged on a body of work. All images must have been taken in 2012 or first published in 2012. One winner per category will be chosen from the finalists and announced on 25 April 2013.

*Photographers are listed alphabetically

Architecture

Finalist

Fabrice Fouillet, France

Reinis Hofmanis, Latvia

Christof Pluemacher, Germany

Shortlist

Dilip Bhatia, India

Yannic Bartolozzi, Switzerland

Andr Ferreira, Brazil

Julia Anna Gospodarou / Moment Agency, Greece

Arts & Culture

Finalist

Myriam Meloni, Italy

Niccolo Rastrelli & Giorgio Barrera, Italy

Danish Siddiqui / Reuters, India

Shortlisted

Yannick Cormier, France

Fausto Podavini, Italy

Daniele Tamagni, Italy

Campaign

Finalist

Christian Aslund, Sweden

Spencer Murphy, UK

Scout Tufankjian, USA

Shortlisted

Satirat Damampai, Thailand

Tomoe Hayakawa, Japan

Brooks Kraft / Corbis, USA

Andreas Meichsner, Germany

Tine Poppe, Norway

F. Scott Schafer, USA

Michael Schnabel, Germany

Conceptual

Finalist

Edurne Aguinaga, Spain

Florian Ruiz, France

Roman Pyatkovka, Ukraine

Shortlisted

Julia Borissova, Russia

Maia Flore, France

Gail Albert Halana, USA

Jenny Magruder, USA

Sergey Varaksin, Russia

Current Affairs

Finalist

Fabio Bucciarelli, Italy

Paolo Pellegrin, Italy

Ilya Pitalev / RIA Novosti, Russia

Shortlisted

Colin Delfosse, Belgium

Ed Kashi, USA

Andrew Lubimov, Ukraine

Angelos Tzortzinis, Greece

Oliver Weiken, Germany

Alexander Junior Zemlianichenko, Russia

Contemporary Issues

Finalist

Valerio Bispuri / Echo Press, Italy

Samuel James, USA

Daesung Lee / SIPA Press, Republic of Korea

Shortlisted

Javier Arcenillas, Spain

Adam Dean / Panos for New York Times & Int. Herald Tribune, UK

Robin Hammond / Panos, New Zealand

Justin Jin / Panos, Hong Kong

Peter Muller, USA

Fashion & Beauty

Finalist

Thierry Bout, France

Alice Pavesi, Italy

Klaus Thymann, Denmark

Shortlisted

Rory Carnegie, UK

Rafal Milach, Poland

Filippo Mutani, Italy

Meeghan Ogilvie, Canada

Dominik Tarabanski, Poland

Landscape

Finalist

Regis Boileau, France

Arjen Schmi

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